can survive without food for a man several weeks depending on the fat reserves, without water but only a few days. The water component of the human body is located in% of body weight in about: neonates in 70 - 80%
adults at 60%
With over 60 years at 50-55%
With over 85 years at 45-50%
The total body water is composed of 2 / 3 in the intracellular space, ie in the muscles, skeleton, organs and fat tissue, and 1 / 3 in the extracellular space, ie the interstitial space in the stomach and intestinal juice, in the bile, the urine.
, water is absolutely essential and performs several tasks such as:
- cell block of every cell
- is transport for nutrients
- Transport for excreta
- solvent for salts and minerals
- solvent for fabric Auer and carbon dioxide in the blood
- The formation of urine
- The heat regulation through sweating
Under normal conditions necessitate the body is about 20-45 ml of water per kilogram of body weight. This need, however, depends on many factors such as climate, nature and scale of operation, type and intake of food and the type and amount of recorded salts.
The water regulation done by the thirst center in the hypothalamus. The hormones that control along with the thirst of the kidney. If the human body loses about 0.5% of its water results in the Norman case, a thirst. This is called Thirst threshold. A water loss of 10% of body weight due to severe symptoms such as thickening of the blood, circulatory collapse, confusion. A deficit of 15-25% is fatal. Chronic water shortages are evident in the following symptoms:
constipation
- Increased susceptibility to infection
- Decreased performance
- Impaired temperature regulation
- weakness, dizziness, apathy, confusion
- Dry tongue
- dry mucous membranes
has also delivering various drugs such as diuretics and laxatives strongly influencing the water balance. A general increased demand for water is diabetes mellitus type 2 and Parkinson's disease. In various renal diseases and dialysis again the exact control of the water supply is not too high to be observed.
(Source: openpr.de)
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