Given cold water, many Chinese patients refused to drink and became dehydrated.

You can treat your symptoms at home, unless you have become dehydrated or are not getting enough to eat because of vomiting.

Unless you are sweating to an extreme degree, being thirsty is not a sign that you have already become dehydrated.

You may drink more clear liquids so that you do not lose too much body water (become dehydrated).

Loroupe, who was suffering from diarrhea, became dehydrated and finished ninth in 2:33:10.

Babies and small children have an increased chance of becoming dehydrated because:

Older adults have an increased chance of becoming dehydrated because they may:

"If you can't eat or drink anything, you run the risk of becoming dehydrated," Bernstein says.

To avoid becoming dehydrated, it is important to drink plenty of fluids, especially water.

To keep from becoming dehydrated (which can lead to a decrease in milk production), drink an extra two quarts of water per day.