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Dehydration

By: Victoria L. Berry

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Instructor: Sara Beach

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Human begins truly require water to survive. Some people do not understand the importance of water and staying hydrated I was one of those people, you also so need to understand the signs on dehydration if you do you will live a long in healthy life. Water and fluids are the elements in staying hydrated and healthy, dehydration is the loss of salts and water that will cause many complications or health problems for a person. Dehydration can occur when a person doesn’t consume enough fluids like water, has severe vomiting, and diarrhea. The body needs fluids to function normally; humans as well as other species rely on water for survival water is truly a “priceless resource”. According to (Kaczkowski, Haggerty, and Gale (2006) three hundred children will die in the United States a year from dehydration. It removes water from a substance or compound according to (Yahoo education, 2000) it is an illness from taking water and liquids from oneself. When a person becomes dehydrated that means they do not have the adequate amount of water in their bodies in order for their system to function the way it should. What some people may not know is that there are different levels of dehydration the more you are dehydrated your body will not act the way it normally would and will nod do the things it normally would.

Water is essential to health maintenance because out body is made of 70% water and if we do not intake enough fluids, our cells will start to die. Colbert states, “that our blood is made up of 82% water and our brain and muscles are 75% water, (Colbert 2002). What people may not know is that water is used to digest our food, and also is the main ingredient in bile, saliva, gastric juice, pancreatic juices, and also intestinal secretions. Water helps carry important nutrients to all of our cells, it helps with digestion and also

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