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Prevent Dehydration
In this period Announces Plans heatwave summer of 2007, prevent malnutrition and dehydration among vulnerable people is a priority. Thus, Nestle Clinical Nutrition with the support of ADMR, Association of Domestic Help in Rural Areas launched a campaign to educate the general public and health professionals about the risks of dehydration of elderly patients.
Called ’2 water sources in a single gesture, “this campaign is distributed throughout France in the form of leaflets, available from doctors and pharmacists and posters in surgeries. These data point out that the daily requirement of water (1.8 to 2.3 liters) are covered by as much food as drink, any decrease in supply causing a water deficit.
To prevent dehydration and malnutrition, nutritional supplements are sometimes needed to bring water, calories, protein, vitamins and minerals. Thus it is possible in a single gesture to improve the nutrition and water balance of the fragile person.
Dangers of Dehydration
Dehydration, This causes biochemical abnormalities and a fall in blood pressure. The bodies are poorly irrigated and the blood is more acidic. “Hydration is important for the heart, brain and kidneys. Dehydration can lead to suffering of these noble organs. Kidney failure that results will cause internal poisoning” . “Sometimes the effects are delayed. A person can be a heart attack a week after an episode of diarrheal ill-hydrated.
Generally, the mere fact of drinking and eating foods rich in water sufficient to restore moisture balance of your body. However, a too severe dehydration can have dramatic consequences particularly in infants, young children or the elderly. “This phenomenon is responsible each year for 1.5 million deaths in the country in developing.