Plenty Of Fluids

Question: How does plenty of fluids help you get over a cold? How much fluids are they talking about? Water and Juice?

Answer: Fluids don't really help you get over a cold, they just help you feel more comfortable during it. My Mom always used to say, "A cold lasts about 14 days if you treat it, about 2 weeks if you don't." The premise being that colds are gonna last as long as they're gonna last. All you can do is manage the symptoms as best as you can. Fluids, yes water and juice (clear fluids, not milk, etc. so much) work by thinning out the mucous that is clogging your sinuses, nose, etc. and get it flowing OUT. It also helps keep fever down by decreasing blood temperature (assuming cold fluids). Both will help you the FEEL better.

Question: Why is it important to drink plenty of fluids when you are ill? I have a cold and dont feel that well. My mum keeps telling me to drink lots of water. I dont understand how it will help though!

Answer: When you are ill, your antibodies kill the germs or absorb the virus cells and then need to be flushed out of your body to avoid clogging you up with dead cells. Drinking a lot of fluids helps your body clear out the old dead cells, by making you go to the loo alot.

Question: When doctors tell you to drink plenty of fluids, does this mean only water? or can you drink fizzy drinks also.

Answer: When a Dr. tells you to drink plenty of fluids, he's telling you to drink things that will be beneficial to you like water, 100% no sugar added juices, and even sports drinks like Gatorade or Powerade. Not soda, coffee, Kool- Aid, or other sugar and caffeine packed drinks.

Question: When your Sick with a cold and your doctor says drink Plenty of fluids. How much is considered Plenty of fluid

Answer: Keep drinking all day. When I have a cold/flu, I make a huge pot of chicken soup with lots of broth, garlic, vegetables and add chicken last. I just keep eating/drinking bowls of soup all day as well drinking water or tea. The reason you need to drink so much fluids is because your body is forming mucous in order to carry out the dead germs & toxins out of your body and if you don't have enough liquids, you will dry out. The more, the better and the faster you recover.

Question: What can I do to recover from bronchitis faster aside from drinking plenty of fluids and resting?

Answer: You should avoid caffeinated coffee, tea and cola. They make you lose more fluids than you gain. Stay clear of cigarette smoke. Eat chicken soup or drink hot tea to relieve chest congestion. Try eating hot, spicy foods such as hot peppers or curry to thin the mucus; plug in the vaporizor.

Question: Drink plenty of fluids when you've got a cold? Why are people advised to stay hydrated when they've got a cold? Does it help us recover faster or is it mainly because we lose lots of fluid so we're just trying to replenish what we've lost?

Answer: It's mainly because you lose more fluids when you are ill. When running a fever, your body utilizes more energy and expels more water through insensible losses (through sweat and breath). As such you will become dehydrated, making the body struggle to heal itself. This is especially important with the flu or a stomach virus where you can potentially become dehydrated enough to require hospitalization.

Question: Doctor advised Get plenty of fluids, pl help[ me with name of lots of liquid which i can have ? I am suffering from dengue and blood pressure 100/60 With platelets 50000 , but it seems all under control now. Doctor advised to rest and relax. Don't exert yourself. Get plenty of fluids (water/soup/Glucose/Electral/ would be best). Blood Glucose yet to be checked. and i am feeling dizziness/Chakkar, while urinating

Answer: You might need juice if your blood sugar is low. Gatoraide is good for replacing fluids. If dizziness persists, call your doctor.

Question: can i eat a low calorie diet and still breastfeed successfully as ling as i drink plenty of fluids? a low calorie diet, but one where i make sure i get the right amount of protein and nutrients

Answer: How low is low? Women in the third world breastfeed successfully on little more than a bowl of millet or cornmeal each day. A healthy, moderate calorie diet should cause no issues. But no crash diets or diets that eliminate whole catagories of food. (Weight watchers has a good program for nursing moms.)

Question: why do we have to drnk plenty of fluids when were sick? what does it do besides prevent dehydration?

Answer: It helps run the sickness out of the body.

Question: if u suffer with water retention, is it advised to drink plenty of fluids? will this help flush yr system or will it just add to the problem.

Answer: We all need to see a Medical doctor for proper diagnosis. But there are a few common things that cause water retention. Dehydration, if we sit a lot, inactivity where we don't get our heart rate up by brisk walking. Hypothyroidism is another possible cause for water retention.

Question: can drinking plenty of fluids help higher a persons low blood pressure?

Answer: Plenty of fluids with a little bit of salt helps in an otherwise normal person. But first the cause of the low blood pressure has to be investigated, if it is due heart failure, drinking plenty of fluids can worsen it.

Question: What can cause chronic dehydration? I drink plenty of fluids yet my urine always indicates i am extremely? dehydrated. the only thing i can think of is my pots syndrome. postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome

Answer: Do you take vitamins or any medications? Vitamin C, for example, will always turn your urine dark yellow, almost like you don't drink any fluids. If this isn't the cause I'd check with your doctor.

Question: what's the very best thing to reduce a fever besides rest,ibuprofen and plenty of fluids?

Answer: You can alternate acetaminophen with ibuprofen every four hours this helps. Other than finding the cause of the fever and treating that such as infections being treated with antibiotics....there isn't much more you can do.

Question: What would make your urine have a strong oder without having a infection I drink plenty of fluids .?

Answer: Inadequate hydration (not drinking enough water) will produce concentrated urine with a stronger smell and color than normal.

Question: Why do you have to "drink plenty of fluids" when you are sick?

Answer: Simply because the fluids are fast depleting inside your body when you get sick. I.e is fever. A simple fever can lead to dehydration because of fluid loss through sweat and sometimes if nausea and vomiting occurs. Restoration is very vital that is why it is advised to drink plenty of fluids. So together with medicine and fluids plus tepid sponge bath you can get better.

Question: when a doctor says "drink plenty of fluids" does it have to be just water or is milk,juice & lemonade ok? Just had surgery (nearly 2wks post op) but pee is looking more like tea!! gp is testing for any infections and has told me to drink "plenty of fluids"(those famous last words!!) but water is really making me gag!!(sorry) I know it's important and it must be adhered to but what exactly is included in this allowed liquids list? Thanks all.

Answer: Anything that doesn't have caffeine or sugar or alcohol would be OK.