What is the most serious complication of dehydration?
Anderson Hansen
2025-09-15 16:42:10
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Low blood volume shock (hypovolemic shock); This is one of the most serious, and sometimes life-threatening, complications of dehydration. It occurs when low blood volume causes a drop in blood pressure and a drop in the amount of oxygen in your body. If left untreated, severe dehydration can be serious and cause fits (seizures), brain damage and death.
Warren Lebsack
2025-09-15 15:23:26
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The most serious complication of dehydration is death.
In serious cases, the brain can swell, causing confusion, seizures, coma and, in rare cases, death.
Severe dehydration needs hospital treatment.
You’ll be put on a drip to quickly replace fluid in your body.
Severe dehydration is caused by not drinking enough fluid or by losing more fluid than you take in.
Fluid is lost through sweat, vomit, pee or diarrhoea.
Treatment for severe dehydration is hospital treatment where the patient is put on a drip to quickly replace fluid in the body.
If your symptoms continue even after drinking fluids you think your baby or toddler is dehydrated you should seek medical advice.
Treatment for babies and infants who are dehydrated should be given plenty of liquids, such as breastmilk or formula, and oral rehydration solution to replace lost fluids, salts and sugars.
Kali Wisoky
2025-09-15 14:33:08
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These can be signs of serious dehydration that need urgent treatment. You're confused and disorientated. You feel dizzy when you stand up and it does not go away. You have dark yellow pee or you're peeing less than normal. Your baby or child has few or no tears when they cry. Your baby has a soft spot on their head that sinks inwards.
Alene Murray
2025-09-15 13:44:44
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Dehydration can lead to severe complications, such as seizures, swelling of the brain, kidney failure, shock, coma and even death.
Grady Gusikowski
2025-09-15 11:57:10
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Severe dehydration can lead to serious complications, including: Electrolyte imbalances. Heat-related illnesses like heatstroke. Kidney issues including kidney stones and kidney failure. Shock, coma and even death.
Hortense Konopelski
2025-09-15 10:58:52
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The most serious complication of dehydration is low blood volume shock.
Low blood volume shock (hypovolemic shock) is one of the most serious, and sometimes life-threatening, complications of dehydration.
It occurs when low blood volume causes a drop in blood pressure and a drop in the amount of oxygen in your body.
Kidney failure is also a potentially life-threatening problem that occurs when your kidneys are no longer able to remove excess fluids and waste from your blood.
When not treated promptly and appropriately, severe dehydration can be fatal.
Seizures can also occur due to electrolyte imbalance, which can lead to involuntary muscle contractions and sometimes to a loss of consciousness.
Swelling of the brain (cerebral edema) can cause some cells to swell and rupture, with grave consequences, especially when brain cells are affected.
Coma and death can result from untreated severe dehydration.
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