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Why do you get dehydration?
Mild dehydration is common and usually caused by not drinking enough fluids throughout the day. In children, diarrhoea is a common cause. There are many causes of dehydration, the most common are diarrhoea, vomiting, sweating, excessive urination and fever or burns.
What is the main cause of Colitis?
Colitis is a inflammatory bowel disease. The main causes of Colitis are food poisoning and E Coli. These infections can often cause dehydration and bloody diarrhea.
What happens if you don't treat colitis?
Prolonged diarrhoea, bleeding can cause malnutrition and anaemia. Long standing colitis can form polyps and can develop into cancer
Extreme persistent vomiting that can cause dehydration is known as?
hyperemesis
Can grief cause diarrhoea and vomiting?
It is not usual, but may happen, depending of some individual factors.
Do ulcers cause diarrhea?
Well, yes. But ulcers are not the only cause of diarrhoea. Ulcers in the small and large intestine do cause diarrhoeas. Examples are- diarrhoea caused in typhoid ulcers caused by Salmonella Typhi and paratyphi A & B, Ulcerative colitis etc.
Are you too anemic for a colectomy?
Diarrhoea and bleeding from colitis does cause severe anaemia, sometimes requiring blood transfusion before surgery
What type of shock occurs when vomiting and diarrhea cause dehydration?
metabolic shock
Describe involuntary dehydration How does it occur?
Dehydration can be caused by other factors, such as diharea (please forgive spelling) and vomiting. There are some other disorders which can cause it as well but I don't know what they are.The treatment however is the same for severe dehydration, with treatment for the primary condition as well. For example, if vomiting caused dehydration, a vomiting medication would also be administered.
Does amoxicillin cause headaches?
The known possible side effects include nausea, fatigue, diarrhoea and vomiting. Headaches are not listed.
How does shigellosis cause dehydration?
Dehydration results from the large fluid losses due to diarrhea, vomiting, and fever. Inability to eat or drink worsens the situation.
Can you get dehydration from food poising?
Food poisoning creates numerous problems. Two of the most common are diarrhea and vomiting. These certainly cause dehydration. And fever causing sweating which increases the dehydration.
