Dehydrated Animal

A Dehydrated Animal is an animal with a deficit of total body water and an accompanying disruption of metabolic processes.

• See: Oral Rehydration Therapy, Cholera, Metabolism, Hypernatremia, Hypovolemia, Immersion Diuresis, Decompression Sickness, Underwater Diving, Exercise-Induced Asthma.

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References

2016

• (Wikipedia, 2016) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dehydration Retrieved:2016-5-10.
  • Dehydration refers to a deficit of total body water, with an accompanying disruption of metabolic processes. Dehydration is also a cause for hypernatremia. The term dehydration is distinct from hypovolemia (loss of blood volume, particularly plasma).

    Dehydration occurs when free water loss exceeds free water intake, usually due to exercise or disease, but also due to high environmental temperature. Mild dehydration can be also be caused by immersion diuresis and this may increase risk of decompression sickness in divers. Most people can tolerate a three to four percent decrease in total body water without difficulty or adverse health effects. A five to eight percent decrease can cause fatigue and dizziness. Loss of over ten percent of total body water can cause physical and mental deterioration, accompanied by severe thirst. Death occurs at a loss of between fifteen and twenty-five percent of the body water. Mild dehydration is characterized by thirst and general discomfort and is usually resolved with oral rehydration.

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