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Reduced Water Consumption
  Water Consumption Decrease
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Reduced Water Consumption can help with the following:
Diet  Excess Water Consumption

Digestion

  Dyspepsia / Poor Digestion
 Although dyspepsia is a sign of dehydration, it is generally recommended that you do not drink during a substantial meal, or from 1/2 hour before to 2 hours afterwards.

Metabolic

  Hyponatremia (Low Blood Sodium Level)
 Mild hyponatremia is treated by reducing water intake and monitoring the use of diuretics.

Organ Health

  Chronic Renal Insufficiency
 If the kidneys are not allowing the body to get rid of excess fluid, fluid intake may need to be restricted so that the kidneys don't have to work as hard. Fluid restrictions are usually only used in severe cases or if the renal failure has developed into end-stage renal failure.

  Nephrotic Syndrome
 Occasionally, the quantity of fluid a patient is allowed to drink is restricted.


KEY
May do some good
Likely to help
Highly recommended


GLOSSARY

Diuretic (Diuretics)
An agent increasing urine flow, causing the kidneys to excrete more than the usual amount of sodium, potassium and water.

Dyspepsia
Indigestion / poor digestion, usually with heartburn and/or regurgitation of stomach acids.

Kidneys (Kidney, Renal)
Bean-shaped organs, each about the size of a fist. They are located near the middle of the back, just below the rib cage. The kidneys are sophisticated reprocessing machines, each day handling about 50 gallons of blood to sift out about half a gallon of waste products and extra water. The waste and extra water become urine, which flows to the bladder through tubes called ureters. The actual filtering occurs in tiny units inside the kidneys called nephrons. Every kidney has about a million nephrons. In a nephron, a glomerulus -- which is a tiny blood vessel, or capillary -- intertwines with a tiny urine-collecting tube called a tubule. A complicated chemical exchange takes place, as waste materials and water leave your blood and enter your urinary system. The kidneys recycle chemicals such as sodium, phosphorus, and potassium and thus regulate their levels. Renal: Pertaining to the kidneys.




Last updated: Sep 28, 2008


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