"Huff, hot...so hot ..." Moms said while fanning neck palm. Indeed, these days increasingly hostile weather. The night, the air was hot, moreover during the day, many times the heat. However, why my baby still not disturbed, is it? He's playing even though the sweat ran down her face and neck. When feel thirsty, he's reluctant to move or cry to as drink water. Well, be careful of dehydration!

Body always needs water
All parts of the human body always needs water in all its activities, including during sleep. Adult human water needs of about 60 -70 percent. Meanwhile, infant and child body fluids higher than that of adults, about 80 percent. Especially for the fetus, more than 90 percent of his body consists of water. Thus, the body is in dire need of water. Moms can imagine what happens when your baby dehydrated?

Recognize the causes of dehydration
The importance of water intake can be seen from a certain amount of water released by the body every day, can be through urine, feces, sweat and respiratory tract.

If the water intake normally begin to decrease your child will feel thirsty. Thirst is an indication that the body is dehydrated. Immediately drink water before feeling thirsty, so the body's fluid balance is maintained.

In fact, children aged under five is greater dehydration than adults. Because, many factors that allow for dehydration, including:

Gastroenteritis or vomiting
This infection causes disruption of dehydration are most commonly found in children. Vomiting and defecating repeatedly in a day that lasted for days to make the child more fluids out. Worse, when the disease attacks, appetite and drinking child usually decreases, so that income and liquid nutrients into the body less so.

Pneumonia
Symptoms, children experience high heat and rapid breathing. This makes the amount of fluid in the form of water vapor out of the lungs increased to happen dehydration.

Lack of food and beverage intake
When ill, primarily with fever and nausea, appetite and drinking child usually dropped dramatically. Meanwhile, the need for fluids increases. Or vice verse, because the child has trouble eating and drinking, decreased body endurance. As a result, sooner or later it susceptible to disease.

Symptoms of dehydration
To determine whether your child is dehydrated or otherwise, Moms can do urine tests. If the urine a pale yellow and odorless shows balance in the body fluids well.

Conversely, if the urine is dark yellow or orange with a strong scent, showed the need to drink more fluids in the body.

Symptoms of dehydration was also from the physical appearance, ranging from mild to severe dehydration, namely:

1. Lightweight

Mild dehydration disorders say if weight loss the child is only down to 5 percent. Symptoms may be invisible, such as mucous or mucous membranes dry mouth, a little tear, lips dry but still a little moisture.

2. Medium

If the resulting decline of BB 5 to 10 percent. Symptoms, mucous or mucous membranes appear dry mouth, tears may not exist, lips and tongue was dry, slightly sunken eyes. On top of his head babies also appear sunken. In the skin, dehydration causes turgor or when pinched skin will remain sunken or not re-filled as before. Urine was also reduced. At this level, symptoms of dehydration must have a parent's attention.

3. Heavy

If the lack of fluid caused a decrease BB more than 10 percent, this was a sign of dehydration symptoms. In this condition, the body discharge can last up to 200-250 cc / kg in 24 hours. Normally the kids need as much liquid 100 cc / kg per day. If not resolved soon, could be awareness of children will decrease, breathing so fast, and heart rate go up.

Due to dehydration
Water is as important as carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals. But, this is often forgotten. Lack of water intake can cause a disruption in blood circulation. As we know the flow of circulating blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the cells in body tissue, and brought leftovers from the cell into exile. When the circulation of blood circulation disrupted the process of oxygen, food, and disposal of the remains must be disrupted so that the risk of kidney problems or urinary tract infections in the future.

Fatal
Dehydration also makes more oxygen to the brain becomes blocked, so that the awareness or concentration decreased child. Transfer of oxygen from the lungs to the cells in the tissue decreased. In order for the available oxygen still existed, instead of work the heart and lungs more quickly driven. Physically, his breathing will look like hunting, this was a sign he had used up his strength.

If this situation allowed to continue, at some point will turn increasingly winded down. If things got heavier, it can be difficult for him back again. These conditions if not addressed, could lead to death.