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Fluid and infection
Hello Doctors, Good afternoon and hope all of you are doing good. Also would like to say thnx to all of your services. I have a small query. Would you pls let me know whenever there's an infection in the body or any inflammation benign I mean to say why do doctors recommend to drink plenty of fluids.. What happens to those bacteria when fluids as water intake more n more is consumed? Pls reply Thnx in advance
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Fluids give Immunity to fight against bacteria.. More than 75%of our body fluids is water... So drinking water helps to avoid dehydration caused due to infection of any sort and helps in fast recovery
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Fluid is important for you health, your body has so many cells which are containing huge amount of fluid.Body has two compartments which is called as ICF and ECF,they have two-to-one ratio: 28 (28–32) liters are inside cell and 14 (14–15) liters are outside cell.If you take plenty of fluid you can avoid any urinary tract infection and also,Fluid is important for your body components, if you have dehydration you may develop many diseases. One study in women showed that a fluid loss of 1.36% after exercise impaired mood and concentration and increased the frequency of headaches Other studies show that mild dehydration (1–3% of body weight) caused by exercise or heat or any type of infection can harm many other aspects of brain function.
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so take plenty amount of water
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