Dehydration

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Dehydration makes your child tired. Headaches might also occur. You must take your child?s body temperature regularly. It tends to rise as with a fever when your child is dehydrated and he/she begins to sweat. The body can?t cool properly when it loses lots of fluids. Heat stroke can affect the nervous system and cause organ damage.

Tips:

-Drink eight glasses of water a day

-Make your child drink before he/she goes to play

-Advice your child to take breaks in the shade when playing outside for long hours

-Avoid caffeine as it makes you go to the bathroom more often and lose fluids.

-Fruits & vegetables might help, especially the ones that contain lots of water such as watermelon, cucumber, grapes, cantaloupe, etc.