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dehydration (medicine)

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dehydration

Shortage of water in the body tissues. Symptoms include nausea, thirst and exhaustion. It may arise from inadequate fluid intake or from excessive fluid loss (through sweating, vomiting, diarrhoea). It is treated by drinking plenty of fluid or by saline infusion (replacing lost salts along with water intravenously).

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