Water makes up more than half of the human body and is required for our cell systems to properly perform their necessary functions. Dehydration occurs when more water is lost than what is being taken in. Making sure we have the proper amount of fluids in our cells is vital to ensuring our bodies are able to properly perform their essentially necessary functions. Water acts like a cleanser, helping with the removal of harmful waste and possible deadly toxins. Our blood, which is made primarily
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Assignment: Dehydration Name: Dorein Pfeil Class: SCI/241 Instructor: Michele Lyons What is dehydration- well the book example tells us that it is when the body is lacking the water to keep the body cool and when that is depleted we then experience what is known as dehydration. But what
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functions in our body, including regulating body temperature, aiding in food digestion, and flushing out sodium. It’s important to understand the effects of water on your body that way you can understand the signs, symptoms, and general effect that dehydration water has on the body. Every summer countless people end up in the hospital with signs of dehydration, most of those hospital visits could have been avoided with proper understanding of minerals and water. Minerals are important to the health
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throughout the body. It helps to remove waste from our bodies as well as to cushion joints, balance minerals and finally to maintain the proper fluid levels in the body. The levels of caffeine and alcohol that someone consumes can also greatly effect a persons hydration level. Studies done of caffeine show that blood flow to the kidneys increases. The study also shows that the body does not reabsorb calcium, magnesium, and sodium properly when larger amounts of caffeine are present. Caffeine
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Alcohol and Dehydration As I started my research on the subject of alcohol and dehydration I started to think on how the body reacts to this abuse in my own body. Many people from teens to adults had consumed alcohol at one point in their life. I have experience this myself and I drink on occasion, but I refrain from drinking excessively. Now that I have done the research on this particular topic I am more aware of how our body functions and the negative effects alcohol has on our bodies. As I
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general effect of dehydration on the body? When the body id dehydrated thirst and dry mouth is obvious sign of dehydration. And by the time you realize these signs the body is already dehydrated. Your cells are craving water. Fatigue, lethargy and weakness, inability to concentrate dizziness, sleepiness, feeling lightheaded or a headache. Also urine is an indicator of dehydration if color is brown, black or red and you are not on any medications to cause this. How can you prevent dehydration drink
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dog dehydration, and materials. Dehydration in Dogs What is dog dehydration? What are it’s side effects. How can we stop it? A good bit of people know that dehydration happens when the body loses more water than it's consuming. Dehydration mostly occurs after a long hot summer day. We can tell our bodies are dehydrated. Our mouths feel like deserts. We need water as soon as possible. For some of us are head starts to ache. Dehydration can
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Rotavirus, Cause and Effect Karri walker HCS/240 - Health & Diseases: Understanding pathos of Pathology January 12, 2014 Michael Jones Rotavirus, Cause and Effect Rotavirus effect most children, before the age of five and many adults worldwide. (MayoClinic, 2013) Very few know and understand the causes and the effects of rotavirus. Rotavirus is an extremely contagious gastrointestinal virus that is spread through contaminated waters foods and uncleanly environmental circumstances.
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Dehydration Marty Oliver SCI/241 Version 5 01/30/2012 Abstract I am writing a paper on the effects of dehydration. Included in this paper, I will be explaining the answer of why is water essential to health maintenance? What are the functions of water in the body? What happens to the body when it does not get the water it needs? I will also compare and contrast how different electrolytes-sodium, potassium, and chloride- function in the body. What effects might alcohol and caffeine
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reduce the risk of heat stress, maintain normal muscle function, and prevent performance decreases due to dehydration. In most cases during exercise, the rates of sweat loss are higher than the rate you can drink, so most athletes get into fluid deficit. Therefore, fluid guidelines promote drinking more fluid to reduce the deficit and potential performance detriments associated with dehydration. However, it is also important to acknowledge that it is possible to over-drink during exercise. Drinking
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