4 Natural Signals for Body Dehydration

Know how severe dehydration conditions experienced so no need to see a doctor.
Diarrhea becomes dangerous if you become dehydrated, which is losing too much body fluid and electrolytes. Vomiting and fever come accelerate dehydration.

Dehydration in adults and children are not too dangerous because they can still drink to replace lost body fluids. When occurs in infants under 1 year of age, more dangerous, because his body is still fragile and the amount of body fluids is still very little.

Signs of dehydration
1. If the skin loses its elasticity belly skin pinched, do not quickly return to its original position.
2. Lips and mouth feel / look dry.
3. Tongue felt thick.
4. In infants, bone top of his head caved (sunken into).

Pinch test
To test the existence of dehydration or not, do the pinch test. Way, pinch the skin on the arm or abdomen, then release. Normal skin will immediately return to its original position, whereas the loss of skin elasticity slowly sag.

When to see a doctor?
- If diarrhea accompanied by abdominal pain that great.
- If the dirt that came out black, there are spots of blood, looked like water or like water rice soup.
- If diarrhea accompanied by vomiting.
- If the diarrhea worsened, liquid waste, and waste water 5-6 times a day.
- If a mild diarrhea lasts more than 4 days.
- If you happen to have a baby 1 year old.