Dehydration
Dehydration: Introduction
Dehydration: Loss and reduction in body water levels.
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causes of Dehydration, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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Causes of Dehydration:
The following medical conditions are some of the possible
causes of Dehydration.
There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor
about your symptoms.
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causes of Dehydration
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Causes of Types of Dehydration:
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types for Dehydration
Dehydration: Symptom Checker
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Dehydration Treatments
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Dehydration
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Diagnostic Guides for Dehydration
Medical Books Excerpts
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Diagnostic tests for Dehydration:
Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Dehydration. Some of these are listed below :
- Physical examination
- Note any reduced level of consciousness which is a sign of poor brain perfusion due to dehydration
- Blood pressure - low blood pressure is a late sign of dehydration. Postural hypotension is an early warning sign.
- Pulse rate - elevated pulse rate is a reliable sign of dehydration in the young but not so reliable in the elderly or in patients on beta blocker or calcium channel blocker medications.
- Full physical examination looking for explanation for dehydration is cause is not known
- Blood tests
- more tests...»
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diagnostic tests for Dehydration
Diagnosis Checklist: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)
During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in their assessment of Dehydration.
Your doctor may ask several questions when assessing
your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information
you can share with your doctor about your symptoms may help them with their diagnosis.
Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:
- How long have you been dehydrated? - to determine if acute or chronic.
- What symptoms of dehydration do you have? - e.g. thirst, postural dizziness, fainting and reduced urine output. If a child may have less wet nappies, sunken eyes, lethargy, sunken fontanelle.
- Fluid intake? - may suggest inadequate intake of fluid e.g. poor fluid intake due to illness, anorexia, malnutrition or neglect.
- Recent excess sun exposure? - may suggest source of dehydration.
- Recent heat exposure? - may suggest heat exhaustion as source of dehydration due to sweating.
- more questions...»
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Diagnosis Checklist: Associated symptoms your doctor may ask about (and why!)
Sometimes, other symptoms may be present and may help your doctor analyse
your condition.
The symptoms your doctor may ask about (in association with Dehydration) may include:
- Vomiting? - may suggest the source of the dehydration e.g. hyperemesis gravidarum, viral gastroenteritis, food poisoning, meningitis, cyclic vomiting syndrome, pyloric stenosis (projectile vomiting), intestinal obstruction, cholera, peritonitis and pancreatitis.
- Diarrhea? - may suggest the source of the diarrhea e.g. viral gastroenteritis, cholera, food poisoning, ulcerative colitis, short bowel syndrome, amoebic dysentery.
- Fever? - fever itself may contribute to dehydration due to fluid loss. Fever may help determine cause of dehydration e.g. gastroenteritis, food poisoning, pancreatitis, heat exhaustion.
- Excess urination? - may be source of the dehydration e.g. diabetes mellitus, diabetes insipidus, hyperparathyroidism, kidney failure, hypercalcaemia.
- Sore mouth? - may be source of dehydration due to difficulty consuming fluids e.g. herpes stomatitis.
- more symptoms...»
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Stories from Users for Dehydration
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Videos for Dehydration
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Patient Surveys for Dehydration
Causes of Dehydration listed in Disease Database:
Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible
causes of Dehydration as a symptom include:
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causes of Dehydration
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Medications or substances causing Dehydration:
The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible
causes of Dehydration as a symptom.
Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using,
including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
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medications causing Dehydration
Drug interactions causing Dehydration:
When combined, certain drugs, medications, substances or toxins may react
causing Dehydration as a symptom.
Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using,
including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
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Definitions of Dehydration:
Dehydration: Avoid the jargonistic use of this word as a synonym of thirst. (1) Deprivation of water. SYN: anhydration. (2) Reduction of water content. (3) SYN: exsiccation (2). (4) SYN: desiccation. (5) Used commonly in emergency departments to describe a state of water loss sufficient to cause intravascular volume deficits leading to orthostatic symptoms.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
The condition that results from excessive loss of water from a living organism.
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Dryness resulting from the removal of water
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)
A condition caused by the loss of too much water from the body. Severe diarrhea or vomiting can cause dehydration.
- (Source - National Cancer Institute)
Organs affected by Dehydration:
The list of organs typically affected by Dehydration may include, but is not limited to:
Detailed list of causes of Dehydration
The list below shows some of the causes of Dehydration mentioned in various sources:
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causes of Dehydration
How Common are these Causes of Dehydration?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases,
not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Dehydration.
Of the 245
causes of Dehydration that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 5
causes are "very common" diseases
- 6
causes are "common" diseases
- 3
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 0
causes are "rare" diseases
- 14
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 229
causes have no prevalence information.
See the analysis of the prevalence of 245
causes of Dehydration
Conditions listing symptoms: Dehydration:
The following list of conditions
have 'Dehydration' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
Symbols
18-Hydroxylase deficiency
... dehydrationA
Accidental Eye Injury
... EnophthalmosAcidemia, methylmalonic
... dehydrationAckee Fruit Food poisoning
... dehydrationAcute Pancreatitis
... dehydrationAddison's Disease
... dehydrationAddisonian crisis
... dehydrationAdrenal Cortex Diseases
... dehydrationAdrenal gland hypofunction
... dehydrationAdrenal hyperplasia
... dehydrationAdrenal hyperplasia, congenital type 3
... dehydrationAdrenal hypoplasia congenital, X-linked
... dehydrationAmebic dysentery
... dehydrationAnemic - hematuria syndrome
... dehydrationAngelman-Like Syndrome, X-linked
... sunken eyesAnorexia Nervosa
... DehydrationArgentinean hemorrhagic fever
... dehydrationAstrovirus
... DehydrationAzalea poisoning
... dehydrationB
Bacillus cereus type I food poisoning
... dehydrationBacillus cereus type II food poisoning
... dehydrationBell mania
... dehydrationBeta ketothiolase deficiency
... dehydrationBolivian hemorrhagic fever
... dehydrationBébé Collodion syndrome
... dehydrationC
Chemical poisoning - Borates
... dehydrationChicken soup poisoning
... dehydrationCholera
... sunken eyes, dehydrationChromosome 10p deletion syndrome
... enophthalmosChromosome 9, trisomy 9p
... enophthalmosChromosome 9p tetrasomy syndrome
... enophthalmosCocaine overdose
... dehydrationCockayne syndrome
... sunken eyesCockayne syndrome type 1
... sunken eyesCockayne syndrome type 2
... sunken eyesCodeine withdrawal
... dehydrationColchicine toxicity
... dehydrationColibacillosis
... dehydrationCollagenous Colitis
... dehydrationCongenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)
... dehydrationCongenital adrenal hyperplasia - sodium-wasting form
... dehydrationCongenital chloride diarrhea
... dehydrationCongenital Malabsorptive Diarrhea, 4
... dehydrationCongenital sucrose-isomaltose malabsorption
... dehydrationCorticosterone Methyloxidase type I Deficiency
... dehydrationCryptosporiosis
... dehydrationCutaneous photosensitivity colitis, lethal
... dehydrationCystic fibrosis - gastritis - megaloblastic anemia
... dehydrationCystinosis
... dehydrationD
Defect in synthesis of adenosylcobalamin
... dehydrationDehydration
... Infant dehydration symptoms, sunken eyes, sunken eyes, sunken fontanel, fewer wet diapersDiabetes
... dehydrationDiabetes Insipidus
... dehydrationDiabetes insipidus, diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy
... dehydrationDiabetes insipidus, nephrogenic type 2
... dehydrationDiabetes insipidus, nephrogenic, dominant type
... dehydrationDiabetes insipidus, nephrogenic, recessive type
... dehydrationDiabetes Insipidus, Neurogenic
... dehydrationDiabetes mellitus, transient neonatal
... dehydrationDiarrhea
... dehydrationDisulfiram toxicity
... dehydrationDuodenal atresia
... dehydrationDuodenal atresia tetralogy of Fallot
... dehydrationE
Enteric Anendocrinosis
... dehydrationEnterohemorrhagic Escherichia Coli Infection
... DehydrationEpidermolysis bullosa, lethal acantholytic
... dehydrationExcessive dieting
... dehydrationF
Fanconi syndrome
... dehydrationFanconi-ichthyosis-dysmorphism
... dehydrationFood poisoning
... dehydrationFothergill disease
... dehydrationFowl paralyses
... dehydrationFowl Paralysis
... dehydrationG
Galactosemia I
... dehydrationGastroenteritis
... dehydrationGastrointestinal bleeding
... DehydrationGeneralized pustular psoriasis
... dehydrationGlucose-galactose malabsorption
... dehydrationH
Harlequin type ichthyosis
... dehydrationHelminthiasis
... dehydrationHereditary primary Fanconi disease
... dehydrationHIV/AIDS
... dehydrationHMG-CoA lyase deficiency
... dehydrationHyperemesis Gravidarum
... dehydrationHyperglycemia
... dehydrationHyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Nonketotic Syndrome
... dehydrationHyperreninemic Hypoaldosteronism, Familial 2
... dehydrationHyperthermia
... dehydrationHypoadrenalism
... dehydrationHypoadrenocorticism - hypoparathyroidism - moniliasis
... dehydrationHypoaldosteronism, familial
... dehydrationI
Ichthyosis congenita, Harlequin fetus type
... dehydrationIchthyosis congenita, harlequin type
... dehydrationIntermediate cystinosis
... dehydrationIntestinal epithelial dysplasia
... dehydrationIntractable diarrhea of infancy (generic term)
... dehydrationIntractable diarrhea with enterocytes assembly abnormalities, congenital, familial
... dehydrationJ
Janbon syndrome
... dehydrationK
Krause syndrome
... sunken eyesL
Lipoid congenital adrenal hyperplasia
... dehydrationM
Mareck's disease - nervous system
... dehydrationMareck's disease - visceral
... dehydrationMarek disease
... dehydrationMarek's disease
... dehydrationMental retardation, Microcephaly, Epilepsy and Ataxia Syndrome
... sunken eyesMental retardation, X-linked - craniofacial dysmorphology - epilepsy - ophthalmoplegia - cerebellar atrophy
... sunken eyesMercury poisoning
... dehydrationMethylmalonic acidemia, vitamin B12 responsive
... dehydrationMethylmalonicaciduria, vitamin B12 unresponsive, mut 0
... dehydrationMicrophthalmis, isolated, with cataract 4
... sunken eyesMicrovillus Inclusion Disease
... dehydrationMRXS-Christianson
... sunken eyesMultiple endocrine neoplasia
... DehydrationMultiple endocrine neoplasia type 1
... DehydrationMultiple endocrine neoplasia type 2
... DehydrationMultiple endocrine neoplasia type 3
... DehydrationN
Nanophthalmos 2
... enophthalmosNanophthalmos 3
... enophthalmosNephrogenic diabetes insipidus
... dehydrationNephropathic cystinosis
... dehydrationP
Pancreatitis
... dehydrationPanhypopituitarism
... dehydrationParathyroid Cancer
... DehydrationPeriodic hyperlysinemia
... dehydrationPlant poisoning - Castor bean (Ricinus communis)
... dehydrationPlant poisoning - Rosary pea (Abrus precatorious)
... dehydrationPlant poisoning - Water hemlock (Cicuta sp.)
... dehydrationPolycystic kidney disease type 1
... dehydrationProgeria short stature pigmented nevi
... sunken eyesProximal tubulopathy - diabetes mellitus - cerebellar ataxia
... dehydrationPseudohypoaldosteronism type 1
... dehydrationPseudohypoaldosteronism type 1, autosomal dominant
... dehydrationPseudohypoaldosteronism type 1, autosomal recessive
... dehydrationPseudomembranous Colitis
... dehydrationPyloric stenosis
... dehydrationR
RHYNS syndrome
... enophthalmosRieger anomaly - partial lipodystrophy
... sunken eyesRotavirus
... dehydrationS
Sarcosporidiosis
... dehydrationSecondary Bone Cancer
... dehydrationShort Bowel Syndrome
... dehydrationSucrase-isomaltase malabsorption, congenital
... dehydrationSucrase-isomaltose malabsorption, congenital
... dehydrationT
Toni-Fanconi syndrome type 1
... dehydrationToxic mushrooms - cyclopeptides
... dehydrationToxic mushrooms - Gastrointestinal irritant
... dehydrationType 2 diabetes
... dehydrationU
Ulcerative colitis
... dehydrationV
Vasopressin-resistant diabetes insipidus
... DehydrationVibrio
... DehydrationVibrio mimicus food poisoning
... dehydrationVibrio vulnificus infection
... DehydrationViral digestive infections
... DehydrationW
Waterhouse-Friederichsen syndrome
... dehydrationWhistling face syndrome
... Sunken eyesWhistling face syndrome, recessive form
... sunken eyesWhole-body acute irradiation - gastrointestinal syndrome
... dehydrationWolfram Syndrome 2
... dehydrationWolfram's disease
... Dehydration
Conditions listing complications: Dehydration:
The following list of conditions
have 'Dehydration' or similar
listed as a complication in our database.
The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear,
and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
A
Acute Pancreatitis
... dehydrationAmebic dysentery
... dehydrationAutoimmune enteropathy
... dehydrationB
Brainerd diarrhea
... dehydrationC
Campylobacter food poisoning
... DehydrationCarcinoid syndrome
... dehydrationCholera
... dehydrationClostridium perfringens food poisoning
... DehydrationColitis
... dehydrationColonic volvulus
... dehydrationCongenital microvillous atrophy
... dehydrationCroup
... dehydrationCyclic vomiting syndrome
... DehydrationD
Deal-Barratt-Dillon syndrome
... dehydrationDiarrhea
... dehydrationDiarrhea 2, with Microvillous Atrophy
... dehydrationE
E-coli food poisoning
... DehydrationEcstasy abuse
... dehydrationEnteroaggregative E. Coli infection
... dehydrationEnterohemorrhagic E. Coli infection
... dehydrationEnteroinvasive E. Coli infection
... dehydrationEnteropathogenic E. Coli infection
... dehydrationEnterotoxigenic E. Coli infection
... dehydrationEpidermolysis bullosa, junctional
... dehydrationErythrodermic eczema
... dehydrationExfoliative dermatitis
... dehydrationExudative retinopathy familial, autosomal dominant
... enophthalmosExudative retinopathy familial, autosomal recessive
... enophthalmosExudative retinopathy familial, X-linked, recessive
... enophthalmosExudative retinopathy, familial
... enophthalmosExudative vitreoretinopathy 3
... enophthalmosExudative vitreoretinopathy 4
... enophthalmosF
Fungal meningitis
... dehydrationG
Gastritis
... dehydrationGastroenteritis
... dehydrationGastrointestinal bleeding
... DehydrationGingivostomatitis
... dehydrationGreen gill mushroom poisoning
... dehydrationH
Hand-Foot-Mouth Syndrome
... dehydrationHeat cramps
... dehydrationHeat exhaustion
... dehydrationHerpes stomatitis
... dehydrationHyperemesis Gravidarum
... dehydrationM
Meningitis
... dehydrationMesenteric artery syndrome
... dehydrationMumps
... dehydrationN
Non infectious chronic diarrhea
... DehydrationP
Plant poisoning - daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus)
... dehydrationPlant poisoning - holly (Ilex sp.)
... dehydrationPlant poisoning - mistletoe (Phoradendron serotinum)
... dehydrationPlant poisoning - pokeweed (Phytolacca Americana)
... dehydrationPsoriasis
... DehydrationR
Renal tubulopathy - diabetes mellitus - cerebellar ataxia
... dehydrationRoseola infantum
... dehydrationRotavirus
... dehydrationS
Salmonella typhimurium infection
... dehydrationShort Bowel Syndrome
... dehydrationSmall bowel bacterial overgrowth syndrome
... dehydrationStaphylococcus aureus food poisoning
... DehydrationT
Toxic epidermal necrolysis
... dehydrationU
Ulcerative colitis
... dehydrationV
Vibrio infection - Vibrio alginolyticus
... dehydrationVibrio infection - Vibrio damsela
... dehydrationVibrio infection - Vibrio fluvialis
... dehydrationVibrio infection - Vibrio furnissii
... dehydrationVibrio infection - Vibrio holisae
... dehydrationVibrio infection - Vibrio metschnikovii
... dehydrationVibrio infection - Vibrio mimicus
... dehydrationVibrio infection - Vibrio parahaemolyticus
... dehydrationViral gastroenteritis
... dehydration
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Causes of Dehydration Based on Risk Factors
This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Dehydration based
on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:
Travel - has the patient travelled recently?
Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?
Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Dehydration?
Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Dehydration, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.
Important:In extreme cases, always seek advice from emergency services :
What are the alternative names for Dehydration:
Water depletion
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Classifications of Dehydration:
Subtypes of Dehydration:
Sunken eyes (22 causes), Enophthalmos (7 causes), Enopthalmos, Enophthalmus
Symptoms related to Dehydration:
Headache (2016 causes), Fever (1552 causes), Diarrhea (1887 causes), Vomiting (2481 causes), Pyrexia, Excessive bleeding (1255 causes), Excessive sweating (86 causes), Excessive sun exposure, Inadequate fluid intake
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Medical News summaries about Dehydration
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