dehydration risk
Water loss threat
Dehydration risk refers to the likelihood of losing more body fluid than you take in.
The term appears most often in health contexts—weather advisories, medical guidelines, athletic training—where certain conditions increase danger: High temperatures mean elevated dehydration risk for outdoor workers.
Infants, elderly people, and athletes face higher dehydration risk than the general population.
- diarrheaFrequent liquid bowel movements
- thirstNeed for fluid
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
- dryFree from moisture
- kidney damageInjury to filtration organs
high altitude · summer camp · vomiting · dry mouth · electrolyte imbalance · sports drink · heat stroke · desert heat · hot weather · chronic kidney disease · cognitive impairment · fever · elderly · nursing home · headache · organ failure · heat · faint