Written By: Kinkini Gupta | Published : July 2, 2024, 6:38 PM
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What is a dehydration headache? As the name suggests, dehydration headache is triggered when a person lacks the required amount of hydration for the body to function optimally. Dehydration can cause many symptoms like dizziness, stomach ache, fatigue and headache. Dehydration can also lead to fatalities but only in very severe cases. Here's how you know that your headache is caused by severe dehydration and not anything else.
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When you drink more than enough water during the day, you urinate more. But, if you are dehydrated and you are not compensating your body with the water that it requires, it can cause symptoms of dehydration. You will stop urinating completely or might urinate less. Less or no urination puts a lot of stress on the kidney and the body as well.
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Severe dehydration can also lead to a feeling of fatigue, drowsiness and lightheadedness. This is because your body does not have enough electrolytes to sustain its functioning.
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Rough, flaky texture and tightness. "Dry skin can become even more dehydrated in winter due to low humidity, while in summer, it may require lighter moisturizers," explains Dr Aparna Santhanam, Dermatologist and Skin Expert at ITC Dermafique.
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Dehydration headache can make you very irritable. This is because the pain is nagging and persistent. Until your body is rehydrated, the pain might continue and this will impact your mood.
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Dehydration and headache can cause heavy and fast breathing and a very rapid heart rate.
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The first and foremost symptoms of dehydration headache will show up as a very prolonged headache.
