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Thirst (1886), by William-Adolphe Bouguereau. Thirst is the craving for potable fluids, resulting in the basic instinct of animals to drink.It is an essential mechanism involved in fluid balance. [1]
Adipsia, also known as hypodipsia, is a symptom of inappropriately decreased or absent feelings of thirst. [1] [2] It involves an increased osmolality or concentration of solute in the urine, which stimulates secretion of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) from the hypothalamus to the kidneys.
Research shows drinking when thirsty will maintain hydration to within about 2% of the needed level. [22] Drinking beyond thirst might be beneficial for people who need to perform tasks that require intense concentration, and those with kidney disease , kidney stones , urinary tract infections , and people with a weak sense of thirst (which may ...
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Doctors used to recommend that patients drink at least 8 cups a day...but not anymore. Over drinking water can actually kill you.
The authors defined a body's need for hydration prior to the onset of thirst and the false sense that the immediate thirst was quenched with the first intake of fluid. To avoid the thirst trap, the authors suggested further intake of fluids even though the body's "thirsty message" had been sated. [9]
Tantalus (Ancient Greek: Τάνταλος Tántalos), also called Atys, was a Greek mythological figure, most famous for his punishment in Tartarus: for revealing many secrets of the gods and for trying to trick them into eating his son, he was made to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches, with the fruit ever eluding his grasp, and the water always receding before he ...