When pikin body don lose too much water—serious warning

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🔍 Quick Breakdown

Severe dehydration na when pikin body don lose too much fluid reach dangerous level.

Na emergency wey need quick hospital care.

👉🏽 Small children and babies fit get worse within a short time, so no delay if you suspect severe dehydration.

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🟧 Wetin dey happen?

Body need enough water and salts to make d brain, heart, kidneys and other organs work well.

When pikin lose too much fluid:

• blood volume reduce
• blood no dey flow well round d body
• organs no get enough oxygen and nutrients

👉🏽 If treatment no start quickly, severe dehydration fit lead to shock and other serious complications.

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🟧 Why e dey happen?

• vomiting and diarrhea
→ body dey lose plenty fluid and salts quickly

• high fever
→ d body dey lose more water through sweating

• pikin no fit drink or keep fluid down because of other sickness
→ and body no fit replace wetin e don lose

• dehydration  wey dem no treat early
→ mild dehydration fit quickly turn to severe dehydration

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🟧 How you go know say na severe dehydration?

• pikin no dey pass urine or diaper no dey wet for long time
→ serious dehydration sign

• mouth and lips dry, eye don sink or pikin no dey cry with tears
→ body don lose plenty fluid

• pikin dey very weak, too sleepy or e no dey respond well when you call am
→ body dey struggle because e no get enough fluid

• hand and leg dey cold or skin dey look pale
→ very serious warning sign

👉🏽 These signs mean say d dehydration don serious and pikin need medical help immediately.

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🟧 Wetin you fit do by yourself or for house

• if pikin still fit drink, give small small sips of oral rehydration solution (ORS) while you dey prepare go hospital
→ e fit help replace some of d fluid wey body don lose

• continue breastfeeding if pikin still fit suck
→ breast milk still dey important

• no force pikin to drink if e no fit swallow or e no dey respond well
→ e fit choke

• no delay because you dey hope say e go better by itself
→ severe dehydration need urgent medical treatment

👉🏽 Home care fit only help for short time. Severe dehydration usually need treatment for hospital, including fluid through drip (IV fluids).

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🟧🩺 Hospital treatment 🚨

• doctor go examine pikin immediately
→ go check hydration level, pulse, breathing and other vital signs

• dem fit fluid given through drip (IV) if pikin no fit drink or dehydration don too severe
→ this na to replace fluid and body salts fast fast

• blood test or other tests fit dey needed
→ to find the cause or check how severe the dehydration be

• d pikin fit need to stay for hospital until e fit drink well again and d body don recover

👉🏽 Most children recover well when treatment start early. No delay to rush go hospital if you think your pikin get severe dehydration.

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🟢 Final reassurance

Severe dehydration na emergency, but quick treatment fit save pikin life.

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📚 Reference

For full medical references, see English version of this article.

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⚠️ Disclaimer

This article na for education only. E no replace advice from doctor.

If your pikin show signs of dehydration, abeg go hospital immediately.

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🔗Related Health Topics

• Gastroenteritis
• Vomiting
• Diarrhea
• Cholera
• Typhoid
• Dehydration

👉🏽 If you still get questions or prefer full medical detail? Read English version