Wellness

[hckynut]

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@halfpint1 wrote:

I was on my way to the grocery store when I didn't seem to feel well. I sat down there for a short time , got up and went to do my businessj. Lucky some one behind

me saw me falling and caught me. They also called the paramedics and I was taken to the hospital and given iv. I know I should take in more  water but I was never a water drinker or much of anything liquid.

Stay well everone

@halfpint1

Having worked in 100+° factory for 30 years, combined with endurance types of sports. One thing a person learns is to stay well hydrated, and H2o is far and away the best and cheapest way to do so.

There are 2 easy ways to check to see if you, or your canine/felines, are dehydrated. That is why it is so important to drink lots of fluids with the flu, or anytime one has diarrhea. Lots of fluids along with minerals and electrolytes are lost, and that is not good.

Just never could get a grasp on why so many people do not drink enough water, and even very sedentary folks get dehydrated. It is so easy for most, that are healthy, to prevent what could be a very serious, or even deadly injury.

Drink up!

hckynut(john)

[Tinkrbl44]

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@halfpint1 wrote:

I was on my way to the grocery store when I didn't seem to feel well. I sat down there for a short time , got up and went to do my businessj. Lucky some one behind

me saw me falling and caught me. They also called the paramedics and I was taken to the hospital and given iv. I know I should take in more  water but I was never a water drinker or much of anything liquid.

Stay well everone.

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@halfpint1

Dehydration can easily sneak up on you so not being a water drinker is no excuse.   The human body is comprised of about 80% water, so you need a lot of it to keep functioning.    I recall someone telling me years ago that every time you pee, you should immediately drink 4-6 ounces of water to replace it.   Never heard that before, but it sure makes sense.

If you don't like plain old room temperature water, try adding ice cubes ... or experiment until you find "your" go-to beverage.   

I always have a cold bottle of Propel in the car when running errands, and my summer at home drink is the sugar free Arnold Palmer ... half iced tea and half lemonade.  It's a great refresher!    Find what works for you.    HTH

[sidsmom]

Have you been sick recently?

Have you changed your diet?

Reason: 1 gram of glycogen is bound to 3-4 grams of water.  

Translate: If you switched to a low carbohydrate diet, lots of water will be lost causing all sorts of problems.   I brought up this scenario since recently an elderly friend of mine fainted at the gym...and she was doing Atkins. 

[LilacTree]

I am chronically dehydrated and drink water/liquids/adult Pedialyte every day . . . some combination of all, but mostly water.  I also take Miralax several times a week to control constipation, which can become diarrhea if I am not adequately hydrated.  It's a balance I have mostly mastered. 

It's a result of my age (78) and many autoimmune issues.  I have had ER visits for IV, mostly consisting of hypotonic saline fluids such as 0.45% sodium chloride solution.  It has amazed me how quickly I begin to feel better during and after the IV.

When I am dehydrated I know it immediately because I can't even stand up, and begin to see colored lights!  So I try to keep on top of it.  I always have a canteen of water with me at all times, but sometimes that is not enough.

[hckynut]

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@donuts wrote:

I get badly dehydrated when taking an antibiotic......now that I know it, I drink as much Gatorade (Gatorade2 has less sugar) as possible .......I'm back to normal within an hour after drinking it........I never leave home without it and always have stocked in my fridge.......always always Gatorade..........

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@donuts

I always drank straight H2o at my 100+° working environment. Easier to access and free to drink. I am and always have been a frugal(cheap, some would say) person.

As far as Sports Drinks. Gatorade was about the only one around during my high training and hot job working almost daily. I went to enough Sports Clinics some given by Exercise Physiologists that trained our Olympic Athletes.

There I learned that Gatorade, as you buy it, actually slows down the absorption of water to the needed parts of the body. Why? The effects of too much sugar. As someone in another post here said: "once you feel thirsty and drink water", especially during an endurance event, it is already too late.

What I did with my Gatorade was cut it 50%. Half water half Gatorade. That is what was suggested by all Exercise Physiologists back in those years. I see now where you say it has "less sugar", that is a good thing. I personally would still check amount of sugar differential between the 2 types of Gatorade.

Since your dehydration is induced by meds, it is different than for those that are competing, in heat and humidity, in an endurance type of event or training. Wait too long and your body can never catch up if your exertion level remains the same.

Glad you were/are aware of your cause of dehydration. Beta blockers and many other meds can also decrease one's hydration levels.

Thank you for your experience with this topic.

hckynut(john)

[Tinkrbl44]

One more thing comes to mind .....   If you take any medications, it's really important to drink a lot of water to help them dissolve more easily in your stomach and get assimilated into your system.    

Just because you don't seem thirsty doesn't mean you don't require fluids.

[ALRATIBA]

It happened to me once about a year before I retired ... I woke up one Monday mornng not feeling so good ... but I got dressed and went to work.  I was there about an hour when I started to feel "out of it" ... my boss said I looked awful and should go home.  Instead ... I grabbed a cab and went to the urgent care at my doctor's office.

They took my vitals and hooked me up to a saline solution IV.  My temp was 103, blood pressure was very low and I was severely dehydrated and suffering from the flu.  Went home with instructions to rest, drink plenty of fluids and take Tylenol for fever, and an appointment to come back on Wednesday for followup.

I was back to work on Thursday.

[Reba055]

I recently ended up in the ER dehydrated. I drink water constantly all day long. What I read was that too much water can actually cause your electrolytes to get out of whack. You need sodium and potassium as well. There are several good products on Amazon that are better than Gatorade or sport drinks. Little or no sugar. I've also used Pedialyte too but prefer the Amazon products. 

If you don't drink enough water, that should suffice. If you drink a lot of water and are dehydrated, make sure you are drinking something with sodium and potassium, possibly magnesium. There was a lot of info in the reviews on the Amazon products. I then researched what I'd read, and learned a lot. 

[RedTop]

The only time I have ever been dehydrated was after a severe case of food poisoning.   I woke up during the night confused and dizzy, with a very dry mouth, and swallowing repeatedly did not add moisture to my mouth.   It was a scary thought to have no spit.   My husband took me to the hospital for an IV, and antibiotics which helped get me straightened out.   

I force myself to drink extra water every day, and know I'm at goal based on the color of my urine.   

[embgm]

I  suffered through dehydration all through my radiation treatments and beyond. My mouth was completely dry,always felt hot and exhausted . Another huge side effect of dehydration is your blood pressure drops. I had bp' s as low as 82 over 41. I had to constantly monitor it several times a day. I did drink water but with my physical job I just couldn't get ahead of it! I wound up in the hospital with 104 temp for a week. The radiation was daily for 6 1/2 weeks. Took a year before I felt normal after treatment for breast cancer. Em