What is Dehydration?
Dehydration – the lack of water in the body – is a result of water loss greater than intake.
Intestinal Water Absorption and Diarrhea
A healthy adult gets about 9 litres of water (from digestive juices and dietary intake) into the bowel daily, but excretes only 100-200 ml of it with the stool, since most of it is re-absorbed from the bowel into the blood; amount of water that body does not need is then excreted in the urine. A healthy adult can drink up to 20 litres of fluids in one day without having diarrhea.
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