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Dehydration: What helps maintain hydration with bowel issues?
Digestive Health | Last Active: Dec 1 10:50pm | Replies (33)Comment receiving replies
@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?
Ginger
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Fluids are not generally restricted during stage 3a unless there are symptoms of retention such as difficulty breathing or swelling in feet/ankles.
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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.