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How To Correct Dehydration In Body?
I was feeling tired and just wanted to lie down. A friend told me to press my thumb on the underside of my fingers and if the indentation stayed, then I was dehydrated. My urine is also yellow, sometimes light yellow and sometimes dark yellow. What can I drink in addition to my water to correct this dehydration?
Mon, 14 Mar 2016
Hi,
what your friend told you was to check is for Oedema, Dehydration status isn't checked like this.
Dehydration would cause Dry Tongue, Increased Thirst, Loss of Skin Turgor, Sunken Eye Balls, Lathergy, etc depending on the severity of dehydration which carries from Mild-Moderate-a Severe.
Your Yellowish colour of urine can be because of drugs & dehydration. since you mentioned that the colour changes frequently it could be mostly due to dehydration.
for correcting dehydration all you need to do is increase your water intake, apart from water you can have ORS & Fruit Juices.
Please ensure that you atleast take 2.5-3 lit per day and if your work demands you to do a lot of outdoor activities or if you purspire too much then you would require to take more of Water.
Please get your Urine Routine done.
what your friend told you was to check is for Oedema, Dehydration status isn't checked like this.
Dehydration would cause Dry Tongue, Increased Thirst, Loss of Skin Turgor, Sunken Eye Balls, Lathergy, etc depending on the severity of dehydration which carries from Mild-Moderate-a Severe.
Your Yellowish colour of urine can be because of drugs & dehydration. since you mentioned that the colour changes frequently it could be mostly due to dehydration.
for correcting dehydration all you need to do is increase your water intake, apart from water you can have ORS & Fruit Juices.
Please ensure that you atleast take 2.5-3 lit per day and if your work demands you to do a lot of outdoor activities or if you purspire too much then you would require to take more of Water.
Please get your Urine Routine done.
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