2006-12-26 04:33:37 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
almost. was in bed sick with a stomach virus for 3 days, couldn't keep anything in or down if you know what i mean. i started seeing spots and the room was spinning. i called my mom who lived about 20 mins from me at the time and she came and took me to the ER. I got IV fluids and was okay after that.
2006-12-26 04:43:00 · answer #1 · answered by honeyc73 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hello:
To answer your question, I personally have not passed out from dehydration but I have had patients of mine faint from dehydration.
This usually happens with gastrointestinal infections, ie. food poisoning, gastroenteritis (stomach flu), Montezuma's revenge (traveler's diarrhea). Although it can also happen in elderly patients who have had strokes and dont have the neural connection in their central nervous system to tell their body that they are thirsty, therefore they dont drink and become massively dehydrated.
The reason you faint with severe dehydration is that your arteries and veins are not full which causes your heart to start beating faster in an attempt to pump more oxygenated blood to the brain and other tissues. So you can faint either from lack of fresh oxygenated arterial blood to the brain or from a heart that is beating so fast that it doesnt have time to fill back with blood during the resting part of the beat cycle causing less blood to be pumped out of the heart and up into the brain.
It is very easily remedied. If someone passes out from dehydration, then chances are they are severely dehydrated and will require rapid intravenous fluid replacement. Once the body is rehydrated then the fainting will stop.
I hope this helped answer your question.
To you health!
Warren Shaffer, M.D.
2006-12-26 04:41:20 · answer #2 · answered by doctordad 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not personally, but when I was in school and served in the Cadet Corps I've seen a lot of guys pass out during the 4 hr parade and exercises we had.
2006-12-26 04:43:47 · answer #3 · answered by Existentialist_Guru 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I have gotten very sick and ended up in the hospital from being dehydrated though.
2006-12-26 04:40:54 · answer #4 · answered by Amanda 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i've got handed out two times. one replaced into from loss of nutrition, the different replaced into with the aid of fact i replaced into ill. i've got come close to to passing out from dehydration, yet no longer so some distance have i gotten so fortunate.
2016-10-06 01:01:35 · answer #5 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. I always make sure I have enough fluids in my system.
2006-12-26 05:07:42 · answer #6 · answered by Sandy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, especially when I was also overheated. That's not much fun.
2006-12-26 04:35:31 · answer #7 · answered by Tigger 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it sucks. Make sure your hydrated all the time.
2006-12-26 04:40:50 · answer #8 · answered by puertoreeefa 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yeh, in the heat wave
2006-12-26 05:21:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ya, twice. it was horrible, and I was all pale and sickly....
2006-12-26 04:50:12 · answer #10 · answered by EhGirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋