Question

You have spent 24 hours traveling from the U.S to New Zealand, on quite a few airplanes with many stops. Because of the stress, changes in time zones, and short blocks of time between planes, you find yourself tired with a headache when you arrive. You are severely dehydrated. A hematocrit value of your blood would be ________ than normal because ________.

Answer 1

Higher than normal because yo have less plasma blood volume.

Plasma blood volume is mostly water and plays an important role in maintain the electrolyte concentration. Less plasma leads to dehydration.