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Dehydration: What helps maintain hydration with bowel issues?
Any ideas of what can help with dehydration? I have short gut syndrome and get dehydrated a lot. According to a GI specialist plain water can make me more dehydrated. Fluids need to have sodium and glucose in them for my body to absorb.
I get constipated a lot when I get dehydrated.
Recently I started drinking coconut water and it's been helping my constipation.
I have 2ft. of my small intestines left,I have my large intestines still.
I am able to eat most foods. My diet has been high carbs,high protein low fiber. I need to gain weight also.
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@tjanet Please be careful about what you use to hydrate. Sodium and glucose, along with potassium and calcium, are things to monitor in chronic kidney disease. I am a dialysis patient, My go-to for hydration is water, but I add either True Lemon or True Orange to my water, so there is some flavor.
Has your nephrologist offered any suggestions for hydration?
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Because of my Short gut syndrome my fluids need to have sodium and glucose in them for fluids to absorb. Plain water doesn't absorb enough in my body. Doctors have said to drink hydration drinks with sodium and glucose. Limit Plain water because it can dehydrate me more easily. My body can only handle 20 ounces of fluids before I get nauseated.
My kidney problem was caused by dehydration.
Fluids are not generally restricted during stage 3a unless there are symptoms of retention such as difficulty breathing or swelling in feet/ankles.