strange dehydration problem - General Health Message Board

mko098 · 11-12-2008, 02:58 PM

Hello everyone,
during the last months I suffered from dehydration to varying extents. I drink enough (2.5-3l / day) and I don't seem to have any obvious diseases such as diabetes because complete blood counts have been taken twice (the last one was just two weeks ago). Two different MDs told me that there is nothing they can do, but all they did was looking at the blood tests...

Searching the Internet, I found that breathing through your mouth can cause dehydration, so used Scotch tape for my lips before I went to sleep for several days, but that didn't change anything, either.

I then "discovered" a study that linked high-protein diets to dehydration in athletes, so I reduced the (much too high) amount of protein I was eating to a reasonable (RDA) level. But, needless to say, it didn't change anything.

My symptoms are:
* thirst
* dry throat & lips
* yellowish, smelly urine (I can't identify what it smells like)
* sometimes fatigue

Additional information:
* I'm 25, male, thin (but not too thin)
* I don't drink or smoke
* I don't take any medication (but have taken Isotretinoin and and SRRI in the past)
* other diseases I have are a dust mite allergy and Meibomian Gland Dysfunction
* I don't sweat much because I live in a cool climate and don't exercise right now
* I never had these symptoms before
* for a while I drank 3-4l of water per day, but that didn't change the symptoms
* room climate in my apartment: 18 degrees C / 64 degrees F, relative moisture about 50%

Any advice will be much appreciated!

joansartiers · 11-12-2008, 03:16 PM

Try tacking a multi-vitamins that are just for the male body. I don't know any brands in your country but if you go a pharmacy, they will definetely talk you through it all there. It's great that you can drink a lot of water throughout the day. A lot of patients I know suffer from dry mouth disorder. This means that not enough saliva operates in the mouth and the nose and cause the dryness effect. It's weird though that if you drink so much water, that your urine is coloured with a smell, this could be the fact you may have a small infection. I suggest you speak with a different doctor to get a second opinion.

aether4 · 11-12-2008, 03:41 PM

Have them take a urine sample and check out your kidneys. Another possibility is simply low blood volume. Lots of things can cause it and it's harmless for most people, but since it means a person is walking around with a bit less blood then "normal" they can dehydrate easily.

mko098 · 11-12-2008, 04:19 PM

Dear aesther4, dear joansartier, thank you for your replies!

@ aesther4

My kidneys have also been checked just two weeks ago.
But I will ask the next doctor I go to about the possibility of a low blood volume!

@ joansartier

I will look up Dry Mouth Disorder on the Internet.
But do you think it's possible to have an infection in the penis for that long without experiencing pain?

joansartiers · 11-13-2008, 04:12 AM

wohhhhh you never said nothing about your penis??????????