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General & SystemicMild
Dehydration
General Medicine · General & Systemic
Mild
Severity
Very common — particularly during summer months and gastrointestinal illness episodes across India
Prevalence
No
Contagious
General Medicine
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Caused by excessive fluid loss through sweating
- 2vomiting
- 3diarrhoea
- 4fever
- 5or excessive urination
- 6combined with inadequate fluid replacement. Hot and humid weather
- 7strenuous physical activity
- 8certain medications like diuretics
- 9and illnesses causing gastrointestinal fluid loss all increase risk. Infants
- 10older adults
- 11and people with chronic illnesses are more vulnerable due to reduced physiological reserve and thirst sensitivity.
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