Dehydration

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Calling Your Health Care Provider

Call your local emergency number (usually 911) if you or your child:

• Feels dizzy or lightheaded, including when you go from lying to standing.
• Has a fast-beating heart.
• Is lethargic or confused.

Call your doctor right away if you or your child has any of the following symptoms:

• Not producing tears.
• Sunken eyes.
• Little or no urine output for 8 hours.
• Dry skin that sags back into position slowly when pinched up into a fold.
• Dry mouth or dry eyes.
• Sunken soft-spot on the top of your infant's head.
• Blood in the stool or vomit.
• Your infant is less than 2 months and has diarrhea or vomiting.

• An illness is combined with the inability to keep down any fluids.
• Vomiting has been going on for longer than 24 hours in an adult or longer than 12 hours in a child.
• Diarrhea has lasted longer than 2 days in an adult or child.
• Your infant or child is much less active than usual or is irritable.
• You or your child have excessive urination, especially if there is a history or family history of diabetes or you are taking diuretics.