Dehydration - Sport

Dehydration

How does it occur?

The usual causes of dehydration are a lot of diarrhea and vomiting. Dehydration can occur if you do not eat or drink enough during or after strenuous exercise.

What are the symptoms?

Symptoms of dehydration include:

* extreme thirst

* dizziness made worse when you are standing

* cramping in the arms and legs

* headaches

* dry mouth with thick saliva.

What to do?

If you are mildly dehydrated, you need to drink enough liquid to replace the fluids you have lost. Also, you need to replace the electrolytes (salts) you have lost.

You can also replace both fluids and electrolytes by drinking sports drinks

or an oral rehydration solution (ORS).

Packets of oral rehydration salts are widely available. To use one of these packets, mix the contents with 1 quart or liter of drinking water.

* 2 tablespoons sugar or honey

* 1/4 teaspoon salt

* 1/4 teaspoon baking soda (bicarbonate of soda).

Or a mix of & to prevent or speed up hydration.

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