Although resection of the colon alone typically does not result in short-bowel syndrome, the condition's presence can be a critical factor in the management of patients who lose significant amounts of small intestine.
Prevent overhydration by drinking only when you are thirsty. If you play sports, you know an athlete's mantra is hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. While dehydration is common, overhydration can cause a rare, but sometimes fatal, condition called hyponatremia. When you drink a lot of water, the ratio of sodium and fluid in your body becomes skewed. The imbalance causes cells to swell.
Description. Overhydration occurs when the body takes in more water than it excretes and its normal sodium level is diluted. This can result in digestive problems, behavioral changes, brain damage, seizures, or coma.verhydration is characterized by excess water both within and around the body's cells, while excess blood volume occurs when the body has too much sodium and can not move water to reservoirs within the cells. In cases of overhydration, symptoms of fluid accumulation do not usually occur.