Is My Kid Dehydrated
By Melissa Hodges RN
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05/28/2019
Dehydration and kids: What you need to know
While standing on the sidelines cheering my eldest on at his soccer game is enough to get me reaching for my water bottle, my kindergartener with the flushed face needs a little reminding to hydrate. As temperatures soar it becomes especially important to make sure our children are hydrated – dehydration and heat stroke are all too common in the region and in the emergency department. And children are more prone to dehydration and heat stroke than adults.
Your kids are more susceptible to heat than you are!
As kids have a smaller mass-to-surface-area ratio, they can lose fluid more quickly than adults and become dehydrated more rapidly. Children also have a higher metabolic rate, so their bodies use more water, too. Add to that their kidneys do not conserve water as well as an adult’s and kids often may not drink or eat when they are not feeling well, and you have a recipe for a dehydration disaster! Luckily dehydration is easily preventable. Given the average temperatures here in the desert, we need to be aware year round and teach our children how to prevent dehydration.
To encourage my 5 year old to make a habit of hydrating, I follow two pieces of advice:
Remember: be a good role model -drink sips of water often. Throw a slice of fruit in your child’s water, or a silly straw, or perhaps fun colored ice cube shapes – anything that will encourage constant sipping.
The advice below is not a substitute for seeing a physician.
Is my child dehydrated?
- Ilmaha ma u muuqdaa mid gaabis ah?
- Marka la ooyayo, ma jiraan ilmo yar ama ma jiraan?
- Ma jiraan cabashooyin ku saabsan afka qalalan?
- Ilmaha ma ka xanaaqsan yahay, xanaaq badan ama xanaaqsan sidii caadiga ahayd?
- Kaadi ma ka madow tahay sidii caadiga ahayd?
- Haddii ilmuhu yahay ilmo yar, ma ka yar tahay kaadida (ka yar lix xafaayad qoyan maalintii)?
- Ilmaha ma calool xanuunsan yahay?*
- Maqaarka ilmaha ma si gaar ah ayuu u qalalan yahay oo ma laha dabacsanaanta caadiga ah? Malaha xitaa laalaab leh?
- Indhuhu ma u muuqdaan kuwo hoos u dhacay?
- Haddii ilmahaagu yahay ilmo yar, meelaha jilicsan (fontanel) ma hoos u dhacay?
*Mararka qaar ilmahaagu wuu haraysan yahay shuban awgiis. Ha ilaawin inaad daaweyso fuuqashada.
May
Maxaan sameeyaa haddii ilmahaygu u muuqdo inuu qallalay?
Carruurta ka weyn 1 sano iyo ka yar 11:
- Haddii ilmahaagu uu hareeyo, isticmaal Xalka dib-u-habaynta afka, sida Pedialyte. Haddii ilmahaagu cunayo cunto, biyo caadi ah ayaa loo isticmaali karaa in lagu beddelo dareeraha lumay. Laakiin haddii ilmaha uusan wax cunin, biyaha caadiga ah ma bixiyaan elektaroonik muhiim ah, sidaas darteed xal dib-u-habeyn afka ah ayaa loo baahan yahay.
- Ka fogow cabitaannada cabitaanka, cabitaannada kafeein leh ama gelatin, kuwaas oo aan ka yareyn fuuq-la'aanta isla markaana calaamadaha ka sii dari kara.
- Hubi in ilmahaagu si joogto ah u cabbo wax yar.
- Biyo soo celinta waxay qaadan kartaa dhowr saacadood, sidaas darteed ilmahaaga ku hay meel qabow oo hoos ah oo si joogto ah u cabbo dareeraha
- U ogolow ilmahaaga inuu cabbo dareere intuu doono. Dhiirigeli ilmahaaga inuu cabbo dareere dheeraad ah ama uu nuugo ice pops dhadhan leh, sida Popsicles. Carruurta da'doodu u dhaxayso 4 ilaa 10 waa inay cabaan ugu yaraan lix ilaa 10 koob oo dareere ah si ay u beddelaan dareeraha lumay.
- La xiriir dhakhtarkaaga haddii calaamadaha aysan fiicnaan ama ay sii xumaanayaan
Sideen uga hortagi karaa ilmahayga inuu hareeyo?
- Biyo cab, biyo cab, biyo cab.
- Ku adkee in carruurtaadu ay qaataan nasasho badan si ay u cabaan dareeraha inta ay dibadda ciyaarayaan, gaar ahaan haddii ay ciyaarayaan ama ku mashquulsan yihiin jimicsi xooggan. Waxaa laga yaabaa inaan dejiyo saacad xusuusin ahaan. Sidoo kale, biyo cab ka hor, inta lagu jiro iyo ka dib waqtiga kulaylka.
- Joog gudaha
- Waxaan rabnaa in carruurta la saaro oo jidh ahaan firfircoonaado, LAKIIN marka kulaylku sareeyo, ka fogow inaad waqti bannaanka ku qaadato. Xagaaga Tucson tani waxay ka dhigan tahay in guriga lagu sii nagaado wakhti kasta kadib 9 subaxnimo ilaa fiidkii hore.
- Talo bixinteena: soo toos hore si aad dibadda u ciyaarto, seexo galabtii ka dibna bax fiidkii.
- Waligaa ha ka tagin ilmo gaari la dhigtay WAKHTI KASTA, XITAA HAL DAKIQO
- Xitaa haddii daaqadaha furan yihiin, heerkulku wuxuu gaari karaa heerkul aad u xun daqiiqado gudahood.
- Ka dhig mid fudud oo koofiyad xiro
- Carruurta ha xirtaan dhar fudud oo furan marka ay bannaanka joogaan. Dharka neefsashada leh sida suufka ayaa ugu fiican,
- Qabow xagaagan,
Qabow xagaagan,
Melissa
Talooyinkan ma beddeli karo tan xirfadle caafimaad. Haddii aad ka walwalsan tahay in adiga ama carruurtaadu ay qabtid kulaylka ama fuuq-la'aan dhexdhexaad ilaa daran, fadlan la xiriir talo caafimaad oo toos ah.
