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Older people tend to have decreased thirst in response to water deprivation and increased basal serum vasopressin concentrations.
More severe signs and symptoms may include blue-tinged skin, decreased thirst, convulsions, persistent vomiting, extremes of temperature, or a decreased level of consciousness.
Older people are predisposed to developing hypernatremia because of age-related physiologic changes such as decreased thirst drive, impaired urinary concentrating ability, and reduced total body water.
The mechanisms implicated include decreased thirst, which leads to insufficient water intake and impaired renal response to ADH, which leads to excessive loss of water in the urine.
8 In addition, there is loss of plasma volume through leaks in the endothelium with decreased thirst and a shift of fluid to the upper part of the body.
This is especially true of the elderly, who are known to have a decreased thirst response [ 100]; in effect, they have a self-imposed fluid restriction, but when subjected to intravenous fluids as well as medications that further reduce free water excretion, they manifest the hyponatremia characteristic of SIADH.
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However, other signs of more severe illness, such as indicators of dehydration (decreased urination, excessive thirst, dry mouth, and wrinkled skin), bloody stool, rice water stool, frequent (more than six) loose stools per day, and vomiting more than three times per day, were not associated with seeking licensed care.
These include thirst, decreased frequency of urination, a dark urine, dry mouth, sunken or darkened eyes, and crying without tears.
Other symptoms of dehydration include dry mouth, sticky mouth, thirst, decreased urine output, muscle weakness, dizziness and headaches.
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