The most common causes of acute dehydration are diarrhea, vomiting and sweating deep. When fluid losses are not offset, diarrhea can lead to serious complications.
The dangers of dehydration are higher, the smaller the child who suffers. An infant of 5 kilos to lose half a liter of water a day decreased the body weight by 10%.
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This equivalent to a loss of 7 kilos in an adult who weighs 70. The lability of the water balance of the babies is very large and the dangers of dehydration will be higher, are smaller. During the summer months Dehydration may be exacerbated by sweating, heat and lack of appetite.
How to prevent dehydration in the summer
In cases of mild dehydration, tongue and skin are dry and, if caught between the fingers the skin of the abdomen forming a fold, it persists for a few seconds. As to the fontanel is usually swamped. If diarrhea continues, these symptoms are added to the fever, sunken eyes and a weak cry.
course be avoided by all means that the child reaches such extremes of dehydration. If it was not possible to locate a pediatrician, you should immediately suspend the normal diet, be offered only alkaline or lemonade ORS every ten minutes and in small quantities.
Once past the danger, the feedback must be very slow and gradual. If a baby is most likely that the doctor advises you to restart with a low lactose milk. As children get older, food is natural yoghurt, boiled rice, carrots, chicken or boiled fish, apples and bananas.
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