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Can you please describe the health consequences of being dehydrated?
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Dehydration: Increased thirst, dry mouth and swollen tongue, weakness, dizziness, seizures palpitations (feeling that the heart is jumping or pounding) confusion, sluggishness fainting, fainting, inability to sweat, decreased urine output. Severe dehyration can affect the kidneys and other organs and cause death.
Answered 9/20/2013
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