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Define dehydration.
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What problems can it cause?

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Dehydration: The loss or removal of water from something.

dehydration can cause heat injury, urinary and kidney problems, seizures, and low blood volume shock.
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Dehydration occurs when you use or lose more fluid than you take in, and your body doesn't have enough water and other fluids to carry out its normal functions. If you don't replace lost fluids, you will get dehydrated. The basic causes of dehydration are not taking in enough water, losing too much water, or a combination of both.
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