Water Deficiency

The great summer holiday is only a few months away. Probably, you are now preparing and planning your next holiday destination this year. Summer's the best season since it allows you to do as many activities as you can. You can enjoy almost anything under the sun.

While summer is a perfect time for fun, it is also the season of the year when you need to be extra-watchful of your health. For the sun's heat can also trigger various body disorders. Some of them are even fatal. One body disorder that may arise during summer is the so-called heat syncope or prostration. This is usually caused by staying for a very long period under the sun. There are various kinds of heat prostration that can attack a person. One of then is water deficiency.

As the term implies, water deficiency is triggered by the lack of water or liquid intake especially during a hot weather. The symptoms of this disorder include: extreme thirst, dark and concentrated urine, increase of the rate of temperature and pulse among others. This type of heat prostration can be prevented by increasing the intake of liquid during the hot season. When this happens, proper first-aid must be administered carefully to the victim in order to prevent it from worsening. In the worst scenario, water deficiency can result into coma.