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Dehydration
Water is a vital and important component of life. The lack of water can bring down an entire empire, and many have been victims of droughts. The human body is a marvelous system created by nature with cells that need water to survive. The human body needs water in order to live, just as much as it needs oxygen and nutrients. Water is essential for life to flourish and thrive. The lack of water can harm living individuals and have extreme consequences such as illness and death. This lack of water is called dehydration. The following report will explain the effects of dehydration and why it is so important to keep the body properly hydrated.
Dehydration occurs when you lose more fluid than you take in. Your body doesn't have enough water and other fluids to carry out its normal functions. If lost fluid remains un-replenished, one may suffer serious consequences. Water is essential to the human body because it is needed for daily bodily functions. Every cell in the human body needs water to live. Water helps to remove and flush harmful toxins from the human body. Water acts like a cleanser for all the cells and organs of the body. Another function of water is to carry oxygen and nutrients to all the cells in the body. Each cell is dependent on the vast network of vessels and veins, and it would stop working without water.
Without water, the human body would stop working properly. Water makes up more than half of body weight and a person can't survive for more than a few days without it. It is important to have enough water because the body has lots of important jobs and it needs water to
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do many of them. For example, blood, which contains a lot of water, carries oxygen to all the cells in the body. Without oxygen, the cells would die and the body would stop working.
“Water is also in lymph, which is a fluid that is part of the immune system, which helps the...