In the worst rainstorm of the century, a kid calls a hotline to report flooding.
“Help me!” the kid exclaims. “I’m standing in two feet of water!”
“Now stay calm,” the person answering the hotline replies. “Two feet of water does not constitute a flood emergency around here.”
“It does around here!” says the kid. “I’m calling from the fourth floor!”
If you have reached the 50 year hill this piece was written just for you....
Causes of MENTAL CONFUSION IN THE THIRD AGE
By Arnaldo Liechtenstein, physician.
Whenever I teach clinical medicine to students in the fourth year of medicine, I ask the following question:
What are the causes of mental confusion in the elderly?
Some offer: "Tumours in the head". I answer: No!
Others suggest: "Early symptoms of Alzheimer's". I answer again: No!
With each rejection of their answers, their responses dry up.
And they are even more open-mouthed when I list the three most common causes:
- uncontrolled diabetes
- urinary infection
- dehydration.
It may sound like a joke, but it isn't. People over 50 constantly stop feeling thirsty and consequently stop drinking fluids.
When no one is around to remind them to drink fluids, they quickly dehydrate. Dehydration is severe and affects the entire body. It may cause abrupt mental confusion, a drop in blood pressure, increased heart palpitations, angina (chest pain), coma and even death.
This forgetting to drink fluids begins at age 50, when we have just over 50% of the water we should have in our bodies. People over 50 have a lower water reserve. This is part of the natural aging process.
But there are more complications. Although they are dehydrated, they don't feel like drinking water, because their internal balance mechanisms don't work very well.
Conclusion
People over 50 years old dehydrate easily, not only because they have a smaller water supply, but also because they do not feel the lack of water in the body.
Although people over 50 may look healthy, the performance of reactions and chemical functions can damage their entire body.
So here are two alerts
1 *Get into the habit of drinking liquids*. Liquids include water, juices, teas, coconut water, milk, soups,and water-rich fruits, such as watermelon, melon, peaches and pineapple. Orange and tangerine also work.
The important thing is that, every two hours, you must drink some liquid. Remember this!
2 Alert for family members: constantly offer fluids to people over 50. At the same time, observe them.
If you realize that they are rejecting liquids and, from one day to the next, they are irritable, breathless or display a lack of attention, these are almost certainly recurrent symptoms of dehydration.
flyguy
Loc: Lake Onalaska, Sunfish Capitol of the World!
Ronniejw wrote:
In the worst rainstorm of the century, a kid calls a hotline to report flooding.
“Help me!” the kid exclaims. “I’m standing in two feet of water!”
“Now stay calm,” the person answering the hotline replies. “Two feet of water does not constitute a flood emergency around here.”
“It does around here!” says the kid. “I’m calling from the fourth floor!”
If you have reached the 50 year hill this piece was written just for you....
Causes of MENTAL CONFUSION IN THE THIRD AGE
By Arnaldo Liechtenstein, physician.
Whenever I teach clinical medicine to students in the fourth year of medicine, I ask the following question:
What are the causes of mental confusion in the elderly?
Some offer: "Tumours in the head". I answer: No!
Others suggest: "Early symptoms of Alzheimer's". I answer again: No!
With each rejection of their answers, their responses dry up.
And they are even more open-mouthed when I list the three most common causes:
- uncontrolled diabetes
- urinary infection
- dehydration.
It may sound like a joke, but it isn't. People over 50 constantly stop feeling thirsty and consequently stop drinking fluids.
When no one is around to remind them to drink fluids, they quickly dehydrate. Dehydration is severe and affects the entire body. It may cause abrupt mental confusion, a drop in blood pressure, increased heart palpitations, angina (chest pain), coma and even death.
This forgetting to drink fluids begins at age 50, when we have just over 50% of the water we should have in our bodies. People over 50 have a lower water reserve. This is part of the natural aging process.
But there are more complications. Although they are dehydrated, they don't feel like drinking water, because their internal balance mechanisms don't work very well.
Conclusion
People over 50 years old dehydrate easily, not only because they have a smaller water supply, but also because they do not feel the lack of water in the body.
Although people over 50 may look healthy, the performance of reactions and chemical functions can damage their entire body.
So here are two alerts
1 *Get into the habit of drinking liquids*. Liquids include water, juices, teas, coconut water, milk, soups,and water-rich fruits, such as watermelon, melon, peaches and pineapple. Orange and tangerine also work.
The important thing is that, every two hours, you must drink some liquid. Remember this!
2 Alert for family members: constantly offer fluids to people over 50. At the same time, observe them.
If you realize that they are rejecting liquids and, from one day to the next, they are irritable, breathless or display a lack of attention, these are almost certainly recurrent symptoms of dehydration.
In the worst rainstorm of the century, a kid calls... (
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Thanks, Ronnie, I needed that. Beer doesn't count!
Ronniejw wrote:
In the worst rainstorm of the century, a kid calls a hotline to report flooding.
“Help me!” the kid exclaims. “I’m standing in two feet of water!”
“Now stay calm,” the person answering the hotline replies. “Two feet of water does not constitute a flood emergency around here.”
“It does around here!” says the kid. “I’m calling from the fourth floor!”
If you have reached the 50 year hill this piece was written just for you....
Causes of MENTAL CONFUSION IN THE THIRD AGE
By Arnaldo Liechtenstein, physician.
Whenever I teach clinical medicine to students in the fourth year of medicine, I ask the following question:
What are the causes of mental confusion in the elderly?
Some offer: "Tumours in the head". I answer: No!
Others suggest: "Early symptoms of Alzheimer's". I answer again: No!
With each rejection of their answers, their responses dry up.
And they are even more open-mouthed when I list the three most common causes:
- uncontrolled diabetes
- urinary infection
- dehydration.
It may sound like a joke, but it isn't. People over 50 constantly stop feeling thirsty and consequently stop drinking fluids.
When no one is around to remind them to drink fluids, they quickly dehydrate. Dehydration is severe and affects the entire body. It may cause abrupt mental confusion, a drop in blood pressure, increased heart palpitations, angina (chest pain), coma and even death.
This forgetting to drink fluids begins at age 50, when we have just over 50% of the water we should have in our bodies. People over 50 have a lower water reserve. This is part of the natural aging process.
But there are more complications. Although they are dehydrated, they don't feel like drinking water, because their internal balance mechanisms don't work very well.
Conclusion
People over 50 years old dehydrate easily, not only because they have a smaller water supply, but also because they do not feel the lack of water in the body.
Although people over 50 may look healthy, the performance of reactions and chemical functions can damage their entire body.
So here are two alerts
1 *Get into the habit of drinking liquids*. Liquids include water, juices, teas, coconut water, milk, soups,and water-rich fruits, such as watermelon, melon, peaches and pineapple. Orange and tangerine also work.
The important thing is that, every two hours, you must drink some liquid. Remember this!
2 Alert for family members: constantly offer fluids to people over 50. At the same time, observe them.
If you realize that they are rejecting liquids and, from one day to the next, they are irritable, breathless or display a lack of attention, these are almost certainly recurrent symptoms of dehydration.
In the worst rainstorm of the century, a kid calls... (
show quote)
Going to get a bottle of water right now. My father was a doctor and always had a glass of water nearby. I just thought he was always thirsty. Now I know the rest of the story. 👍👍👍
saw1
Loc: nor cal Windsor
flyguy wrote:
Thanks, Ronnie, I needed that. Beer doesn't count!
And just WHY do you say BEER doesn't count?
Just exactly what do you suppose beer is made from? It's just flavored/seasoned WATER.
Huntm22
Loc: Northern Utah. - West Haven
Thanks for the heads up - I will do much better in the future. Wife is always drinking water but I sure don’t anymore. Used to drink 4-6 bottles a day now that I think back. I am changing my ways! Thanks!
Ronniejw wrote:
In the worst rainstorm of the century, a kid calls a hotline to report flooding.
“Help me!” the kid exclaims. “I’m standing in two feet of water!”
“Now stay calm,” the person answering the hotline replies. “Two feet of water does not constitute a flood emergency around here.”
“It does around here!” says the kid. “I’m calling from the fourth floor!”
If you have reached the 50 year hill this piece was written just for you....
Causes of MENTAL CONFUSION IN THE THIRD AGE
By Arnaldo Liechtenstein, physician.
Whenever I teach clinical medicine to students in the fourth year of medicine, I ask the following question:
What are the causes of mental confusion in the elderly?
Some offer: "Tumours in the head". I answer: No!
Others suggest: "Early symptoms of Alzheimer's". I answer again: No!
With each rejection of their answers, their responses dry up.
And they are even more open-mouthed when I list the three most common causes:
- uncontrolled diabetes
- urinary infection
- dehydration.
It may sound like a joke, but it isn't. People over 50 constantly stop feeling thirsty and consequently stop drinking fluids.
When no one is around to remind them to drink fluids, they quickly dehydrate. Dehydration is severe and affects the entire body. It may cause abrupt mental confusion, a drop in blood pressure, increased heart palpitations, angina (chest pain), coma and even death.
This forgetting to drink fluids begins at age 50, when we have just over 50% of the water we should have in our bodies. People over 50 have a lower water reserve. This is part of the natural aging process.
But there are more complications. Although they are dehydrated, they don't feel like drinking water, because their internal balance mechanisms don't work very well.
Conclusion
People over 50 years old dehydrate easily, not only because they have a smaller water supply, but also because they do not feel the lack of water in the body.
Although people over 50 may look healthy, the performance of reactions and chemical functions can damage their entire body.
So here are two alerts
1 *Get into the habit of drinking liquids*. Liquids include water, juices, teas, coconut water, milk, soups,and water-rich fruits, such as watermelon, melon, peaches and pineapple. Orange and tangerine also work.
The important thing is that, every two hours, you must drink some liquid. Remember this!
2 Alert for family members: constantly offer fluids to people over 50. At the same time, observe them.
If you realize that they are rejecting liquids and, from one day to the next, they are irritable, breathless or display a lack of attention, these are almost certainly recurrent symptoms of dehydration.
In the worst rainstorm of the century, a kid calls... (
show quote)
Great post, thanks. I am guilty of not drinking enough water, for sure.
saw1 wrote:
And just WHY do you say BEER doesn't count?
Just exactly what do you suppose beer is made from? It's just flavored/seasoned WATER.
Because alcohol actually causes you to lose mire body fluids. Why do you think you pee so much when you drink beer. It's an example of drinking causing dehydration. Stupid part of this is I know all this and I'm still a major offender.
By the way, you should probably repost this again by itself. Sincd it was between 2 jokes, I was looking for the punch line.😄😄
flyguy wrote:
Thanks, Ronnie, I needed that. Beer doesn't count!
WHAT ??? How/why
would beer not count ?
1- It's a fluid !
2- It quenches your thirst !
3- It hydrates !
saw1
Loc: nor cal Windsor
Big A wrote:
WHAT ??? How/why
would beer not count ?
1- It's a fluid !
2- It quenches your thirst !
3- It hydrates !
I agree. No matter what I drink , I gotta pee. So I think beer counts for hydration.
My physician told me that beer counts towards the minimum 64 ounces he wants me to take in.
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