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Why do viruses dehydrate you? i am not throwing up or have diarrhea...
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They don't: They don't. You become dehydrated because you do not hydrate adequately in the face of fevers, nausea, diarrhea or loss of appetite caused by the virus.
Answered 11/20/2013
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Dehydraion: With virus infection, the person loses appetite and has poor oral intake: second nausea, vomiting and diarrhea which decrease the body volume, and third the fever causes fluid loss from skin.
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