Does The Body Suffer From Acute Or Sever Dehydration?

When the body suffers from acute or sever dehydration, the blood flow and blood pressure drop due to a lack of water and oxygen in the blood. Dehydration results when the body loses more water than it has taken in. Naturally this will cause the muscles and nerve function to literally burn out due in part to profuse sweating after exertion. How ever you can become dehydrated without any physical exercise.
If you have the stomach flu, and are suffering from water loss (due to a combination of vomiting and/or diarrhea) you will often feel fatigued. This is why doctors will recommend plenty of rest along with plenty of fluids, like water, juice, and herbal teas to replenish lost water levels.
Very dark, yellow urine is a first sign of dehydration.
This typically occurs when blood pressure levels fall and the kidneys attempt to store water instead of expel it from the body. Dark urine describes urine that is a deeper than normal color. Although, for some dark urine is brown or deep yellow. For others it can appear maroon versus it’s normal golden straw to yellow coloring.
Keep in mind that urine can change in color due a variety of reasons, dehydration being one of the most common. However, urine can be discolored due to medications, certain foods (i.e., beets), or such as a side effect of health conditions (i.e., liver disease). If you’re urine is still discolored after you have hydrated and for no other apparent reason, talk to your doctor.
Dehydration often causes plummeting electrolyte levels, which will lead to increased heart rate, heart palpitations (or spasms) in the actual heart muscle. As blood pressure plummets, breathing and heart rate will quicken to indicate potential dehydration.
If you suspect you or someone you know is dehydrated, you can take their pulse and blood pressure reading lying down and again standing up. Take it for one minute each time as blood pressure will naturally drop a few seconds if you go from laying down to standing. Inadequate fluid in the blood will cause dehydration, quickening the heart rate and causing dizziness as inadequate blood is flowing to the brain. A quick heart rate check can be a good determinant of dehydration severity.
Fluid levels within the body keep our temperatures regulated so we don’t become dehydrated and overheat—or even worse suffer dangerous heatstroke!
However, thirst can send mixed signals when the body needs water. If your body needs a fluid level top up, it may often register as hunger. drink enough water, causing you to believe you need to eat when you really need to top up your liquid intake.
Obviously, if you are overheated due to physical exertion, you may become dehydrated due to fluid loss due to excessive perspiration. You can also suffer fluid loss from being in a hot environment.
That’s why it’s important to bring water(natural water) along with you if you plan to work out in a hot environment (i.e., hot yoga) or if you are outdoors in the heat and sun for even brief periods of time.
Hydration, or more so electrolyte balance, is vital for muscle contraction so when sodium and potassium stores are low it can cause painful muscle spasms. A muscle cramp (or spasm) will occur when a forcibly contracted (or involuntarily) muscle can’t relax. We’re used to contracting and controlling our muscles, but muscle, or even a few fibers of muscle, can contract or spasm involuntarily if fluid levels are low. Fluid levels are critical to the body
functions.
Often dehydration will lead turn from muscle spasms to muscle cramps.
This occurs when muscles contract and harden for a period of time that can last between a few seconds to hours. Muscle cramping with dehydration often occurs in the side (often called an abdominal stitch) or in a calf muscle. Both can be very painful, but hydrating can ease the pain and prevent continued cramping. Other than water fruits with potassium is great for muscle cramps. Water is necessary for efficient digestion, which means water absorption is required for healthy bowel movements. Fluids in your body help things along, including helping the food you eat move smoothly along your intestines and out of the body via bowel movements. Water also keep the intestinal walls smooth and malleable. That’s why when we’re dehydrated, the colon can become less flexible, contract slower, absorb less water, and result in stool (or body waste) that’s hard, dry, and painful to pass.
Dehydration is a very common culprit of chronic constipation. Inadequate water levels in the body causes the large intestine to suck up water from your food waste, robbing stool of moisture. Keep your digestive system functioning normally and your bowel movements easy to pass by drinking plenty of fluids daily, and also by eating fiber, and getting regular
exercise.
Listen to your body! One definite way to tell if you’re dehydrated is when you’re thirsty, your mouth and throat are dry, your tongue may feel sticky or dry, and even parched and swell in cases of extreme dehydration.
However, if you leave drinking until you feel thirsty, you may become dehydrated before you’re actually thirsty. Thirst often sends confusing signals to the body and brain. For instance, you may feel hunger when dehydrated, which explains why a University of Washington study indicated that a single glass of water can easily shut down nighttime hunger pangs in almost all cases. However, “dry mouth,” which is a dry, parched, thick feeling in the mouth can signal late stage of Dehydration.