Mica Sood, Pediatric NP at Tangipahoa Community Health Center in Hammond, LA, says that drinking adequate amounts of water is essential for maintaining hydration as it helps to improve the function of your brain, heart and muscles.
The top five benefits of drinking water include –
Drinking water helps in the overall functioning of the human body. Therefore, every individual needs to drink an adequate amount of water daily to avoid the diseases caused by drinking less water.
The diseases caused by drinking less water and their symptoms are –
A human body requires an adequate amount of water for sweating out 500-700 ml of water. The sweat secreted by the sweat glands, carry out the toxins and waste from our body. If you do not drink enough water, these waste products do not come out of the body and cause skin irritation such as eczema.
Symptoms – Dry and itchy skin, bumps on the skin, red rashes, scaly and leathery patches of skin, crusting skin and swelling.
Not drinking enough water hampers blood circulation in our bodies. The circulatory system needs an adequate amount of water for overall functioning.
Symptoms – Severe headaches, nosebleeds, fatigue, chest pain, vision problems, irregular heartbeat, blood in urine, and difficulty breathing.
One of the significant side effects of drinking less water is urine infection.
Symptoms – Burning sensation during urination, dark and smelly urine, strong urge to urinate and urine appears cloudy.
When the body is dehydrated, the production of digestive juices is lower. This results in diseases like gastritis and ulcers.
Symptoms – Nausea, abdominal bloating, abdominal pain, vomiting, indigestion, burning feeling in the stomach, hiccups and loss of appetite.
Due to the lack of water, there is a loss of energy, and the body feels tired. To cater to this feeling, we tend to eat more, leading to weight gain.
Symptoms – Excess body fat, shortness of breath, snoring, trouble sleeping and not being able to perform simple physical tasks.
In this section, we are going to throw some light on the harmful effects diseases caused due to drinking less water -
Understanding the signs that you are not drinking enough water is the key to preventing the diseases caused by drinking less water. Following are the telltale signs that you are not drinking enough water –
Let us see how to diagnose the diseases arising due to drinking less water –
The diseases caused by drinking less water can be treated in the following ways –
The side effects of drinking less water can be prevented by drinking adequate amounts of fluid every day. The U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine suggest that an adult male should drink 3.7 litres of water daily. In contrast, an adult woman should drink at least 2.7 litres of the same every day to avoid discrepancies due to lack of water consumption.
Bowel movement, precipitation, breathing and urination causes loss of water from the human body. Therefore, it is essential to replenish the loss of water by drinking an adequate amount of fluid every day. This helps in the smooth and proper functioning of all the body parts. Failing to abide by this can lead to the aforementioned diseases caused by drinking less water.
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