Dehydration

Dehydration

Dehydration happens when the body loses too much fluid. This can occur when a person stops drinking water or if a person loses large amounts of fluid through diarrhea, urinating, vomiting, sweating, and breathing and humidified air leaves the body. In a normal day a person has to drink a significant amount of water to replace this routine loss (Wedro, 2010). Dehydration can make a person more susceptible to illness and viruses. In-sufficient water intake can make a person feel tired. Water can help a person with a weak immune system recover from colds and other illnesses. Staying hydrated can help improve mental and physical performance. Water increases energy levels, help reduce weight and reduce the number of headaches. It can also help aid in a person’s digestion (Squidoo, 2010).

Water is essential to health maintenance. Our bodies can last weeks and months without food but a couple of days only without water. Water is extremely important to pregnant women and nursing mothers for their child’s development. Athletes depend on staying well hydrated to reduce stress and improve recovery time and performance. Water helps lower body temperature to make exercising safe and more effective. Increasing water intake can help dissolve calcium in the urine and can reduce kidney stone formation. By drinking water it can help prevent urinary tract infections for both men and women. It cleans out impurities out of the body’s system (Squidoo, 2010). People who do not drink enough water are unaware of how much water they need. By the time a person feels thirsty, he or she are already dehydrated. More than 90% of people are dehydrated. People do not drink the amount of water the body needs to operate at optimal capacity (The Natural Path, 2010).

Without enough water the body does not function properly. Without drinking enough water, fat deposits increase. The kidneys cannot function properly without water. Then the kidneys shift their load to the liver. If...