How long does a person take to dehydration ? please help?

Question

I am looking for a website on dehydration. How long does it take for adult to dehydrate? HOw long does it take for a child or infant? I have always just wanted to know. please help out, thank you

Answer 1

Dehydration is the condition that occurs when the loss of body fluids, mostly water, exceeds the amount that is taken in. With dehydration, more water is moving out of our cells and then out of our bodies than the amount of water we take in through drinking.


We lose water every day in the form of water vapor in the breath we exhale and as water in our sweat or perspiration, tears, urine, and stool. Along with the water, small amounts of salts are also lost.We usually replace this body fluid and the salts it contains with the water and salts in our regular diet


When we lose too much water, our bodies may become out of balance or dehydrated. Severe dehydration can lead to coma, and even death.


Causes of Dehydration in Adults
Many conditions may cause rapid and continued fluid losses and lead to dehydration:
Fever, heat exposure, and too much exercise
Vomiting, diarrhea, and increased urination due to infection
Diseases such as diabetes
The inability to seek appropriate water and food (an infant or disabled person, for example)
An impaired ability to drink (someone in a coma or on a respirator or a sick infant who cannot suck on a bottle are common examples)
No access to safe drinking water
Significant injuries to skin, such as burns or mouth sores, or severe skin diseases or infections (water is lost through the damaged skin)

http://www.emedicinehealth.com/dehydration_in_adults/article_em.htm


Causes of Dehydration in Children

Dehydration is most often caused by a viral infection that causes fever, diarrhea, vomiting, and a decreased ability to drink or eat.
Common viral infections causing vomiting and diarrhea include rotavirus, Norwalk virus, and adenovirus.
Sometimes sores in a child's mouth (caused by a virus) make it painful to eat or drink, which helps to cause or worsen dehydration.
More serious bacterial infections may make a child less likely to eat and may cause vomiting and diarrhea.
Common bacterial infections include Salmonella, Escherichia coli, Campylobacter, and Clostridium difficile.
Parasitic infections such as Giardia lamblia cause the condition known as giardiasis , which can lead to diarrhea and fluid loss.
Increased sweating from a very hot environment and intense activity can cause dehydration.
Excessive urination caused by unrecognized or poorly treated diabetes mellitus (not taking insulin) or diabetes insipidus are other causes.
Conditions such as cystic fibrosis or celiac sprue do not allow food to be absorbed and can cause dehydration

http://www.emedicinehealth.com/dehydration_in_children/page2_em.htm


It is true that beverages such as tea, coffee, wine, beer, soft drinks and juices contain water but they also contain caffeine, alcohol, sugar, artificial sweeteners or other chemicals that act as strong dehydrators. The more you drink these beverages, the more dehydrated you become because the effects they create in the body are exactly opposite to the ones that are produced by water. Caffeine containing beverages, for example, trigger stress responses that have strong diuretic effects (causing increased urination, at first). Beverages with added sugar drastically raise blood sugar levels, which uses up large quantities of cellular water, too. Regular consumption of such beverages results in chronic dehydration, which is a common factor in every toxicity crisis.


You'll find the link below to be very interesting and informative. It talks about the role of dehydration in high pressure thru constriction of the blood vessels and the activation of the Renin- Angiotension (RA) mechanism. This resulting hypertension and urine retention can lead to kidney damage and the formation of kidney stones. The high pressure of the blood against the vessels also can lead to cardiovascular disease.


A dehydrated person may suffer from lack of energy. And the effects on the brain functions cause the person to be lethargic, depressed, stressed and drained.


http://www.ezinearticles.com/?Dangers-of-+Dehydration-----And-The-Importance-of-Kidney-+Cleansing&id=35388


http://www.medicinenet.com/dehydration/article.htm

Recognizing Dehydration: Signs and symptoms

Mild to moderate dehydration is likely to cause:
Dry,or sticky mouth
Sleepiness or tiredness — children are likely to be less active than usual
Thirst
Decreased urine output — fewer than six wet diapers a day for infants or lack or urine for 8 hrs and 12 hrs w/o urination for older children and teens
fatique and dizziness in an older child
lethargy or irritability
Few or no tears when crying
Muscle weakness
Headache
Dizziness or lightheadedness

Severe dehydration, a medical emergency, can cause:
Extreme thirst
Extreme fussiness or sleepiness in infants and children; irritability and confusion in adults
Very dry mouth, skin and mucous membranes
Lack of sweating
Little or no urination — any urine that is produced will be dark yellow or amber
Sunken eyes
Shriveled and dry skin that lacks elasticity and doesn't "bounce back" when pinched into a fold
In infants, sunken fontanels — the soft spots on the top of a baby's head
Low blood pressure
Rapid heartbeat
Fever
In the most serious cases, delirium or unconsciousness


Unfortunately, thirst isn't always a reliable gauge of the body's need for water, especially in children and older adults. A better barometer is the color of your urine: clear or light-colored urine means you're well hydrated, whereas a dark yellow or amber color usually signals dehydration.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/dehydration/DS00561

http://kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/emergencies/dehydration.html

http://www.quickcare.org/gast/dehydrate.html

http://www.rehydrate.org/dehydration/

http://www.surviveoutdoors.com/reference/dehydration.asp


It didn't take a long time for my husband to pass out and faint while playing golf on a very hot day. After he was tested negative for a heart attack, the doctor attributed the cause of his loss of consciousness to dehydration. All he was consuming was iced tea.which in itself was a diuretic.

Answer 2

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Diabetes can be "reversed" or go into "remission". I believe that what that is is decreasing the need to take medications. A person who has diabetes will always have it... but there are cases where a type 2 can either reduce medications or even eliminate them... but will still need to watch diet, get plenty of exercise and keep their weight down. This is called management and control. However, that does not mean that there will never be one. Research has taken huge advances and the more scientists learn about it, the higher likelihood that a cure might come about someday.
While I did recently read an article that stated gastric lap band or gastric bypass MAY be a potential cure, more research is needed and even if this one day is a cure, it would only be effective on type 2s who are obese since neither of those procedures are performed on people who are of normal weight or body mass. Stem cell transplants are still highly controversial and most likely, have a long way to go before it is approved as a diabetes cure by the FDA. Since the vast majority of diabetics are type 2 (roughly 90%), those of us who are type 1 seem to get lost in the shuffle. EMT type 1 for more years than I care to remember, use a pump. Let me add that when I mean diabetes can be controlled and managed without medication but with diet, exercise and weight control, I'm referring to type 2. This is not an option for type 1s, who must take insulin, either by injections or a pump, to survive.

Answer 3

You start dehydrating as soon as you are losing more liquids than you are taking in.

This happens quickly and just gets worse if you dont catch up on water loss.

You are frequently in a state of dehydration. Just think of how much water you lose while sleeping which is why your morning urine is so dark. Sleeping, breathing dehydrates you.

Your body adjusts to being mildly dehydrated but it comes at a price like chronic diseases.

For specifics and recommendations go to

http://www.healthy-water-best-filters.com

Answer 4

It takes about a day for an adult, and just a few hrs for a child, depending on the extent of the sickness, if a child will not, or cannot keep fluids down, , sit them in a luck warm tub, it will absorb through the rectum, and same with the adult. but you may want to give them Popsicles, Gatorade, or jello first, the sitting in water is a last resort before you head off to the hospital, where they will get an I.V. put in the arm.

Answer 5

If you are thirsty, you are dehydrated. That is the indicator (no kidding).

You can also do the pinch test. Pinch your skin on the back of your hand. Pinch it up. If it goes back down slowly, you are dehydrated.

Same for children. Only, they will become dehyradrated sooner than adults. PLEASE drink plenty of water.

Although the "old" method "WAS" 8-10 glasses of water a day, now they say drinks such as iced tea, and soda's do count, but not ounce for ounce. I think it's about half as much.

So PLEASE drink water. Good old H2O. Just drink water if you are thirsty...that is your body's indicator telling you that you are dehydrated!

Hope I have helped.

Answer 6

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seriously, one can survive roughly three days without water. This is strongly affected by health, age, temperature, humidity, activity level, food intake and rest, so it's hard to narrow that down more then that. If your talking about showing the first signs of dehydration, that may only take hours.

Heres a website explaining water requirements more thoroughly.
http://www.water.org.uk/home/water-for-health/medical-facts/adults

Answer 7

There are various phases of dehydration. Initial symptoms and clinical diagnosis to kidney failure to death. If stranded somewhere without access to water, it takes a few days, not sure if 3 days maybe, to get kidney damage or failure and need dialysis. High temperature would accelerate this process and raise body core temperature to accelerate death, or getting to the point of no return.

Answer 8

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