Vomiting and Dehydration – Nausea and Dehydration is Even More Dangerous!

Vomiting can be dreadful and serious condition in adults but in children it can even be more dangerous due to dehydration.

Dehydration is invariably the end result of vomiting even if the underlying reasons for vomiting are not serious. So make sure you hydrate yourself enough with water and electrolytes.

If vomiting is frequent dehydration can reach dangerous limits. Under those circumstances two main actions need to be taken. One is to hydrate the person and the other is to find the underlying reasons for such excessive vomiting.

Adults will feel thirsty after vomiting and automatically ask for fluids to resolve the dehydration. But children ( particularly toddlers) may not be able to explain the feeling of thirst which if remain unattended can be life threatening.

Dehydration is a generally manageable condition in adults. It can cause fatigue and tiredness in adults and a delayed action to get fluid intake may not be dangerous in most cases. It can only be life threatening in some extreme cases.

But in case of children every vomiting can be dangerous if enough fluids are not given. This is because children dehydrate quickly. They also suffer from diarrhea which also is a main cause of children dehydration.

The risks of dehydration associated with children are therefore much higher due to the combined impact of vomiting and diarrhea. Dehydration followed by nausea can be sign for emergency help requirements.

Thought finding the underlying cause of dehydration may be a little complicated to find as any one or more of stomach, sinus and brain are involved in vomiting. However dehydration is much easier to resolve as immediate doses of fluid and electrolytes can be given to the patient.

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