Most diseases begin with symptoms that seem insignificant at first glance, to which we sometimes do not attach much importance or do not consider them an alarming signal. If you are thirsty, we just drink, but we are in no hurry to see a doctor. This can go on long enough. And yet the moment comes when we begin to think more and more often about why we constantly feel thirsty. This becomes especially suspicious when there is no heat on the street, and the appearance of a feeling of thirst was not preceded by intense physical work or a plentiful meal.
So for what reason is you constantly thirsty? It is possible that we are not talking about a disease. Thirst is often the result of taking medications that cause
dry mouth, or the abuse of coffee, alcohol, and salt.
As a rule, you feel thirsty while taking diuretics, certain types of antibiotics, expectorants and antihypertensives. Thirst is a constant companion of those who drink a lot of coffee and lean on junk food, such as chips, crackers, salted nuts and fast food. One has only to abandon bad habits and switch to a healthy diet, as the problem with constant thirst will disappear.
If you constantly feel thirsty, then the presence of diseases is not excluded. Probably, every person knows that dry mouth and thirst are one of the main signs of such a serious and widespread disease as diabetes. Therefore, noticing the habit of drinking often, you need to immediately go to the therapist and ask for a referral for a special blood test.
Patients with diabetes mellitus often for a long time live in ignorance and do not suspect their illness, without receiving the necessary treatment. But only early diagnosis and timely help can save them from such serious complications as complete blindness and amputation of the lower extremities.
In addition, you constantly feel thirsty in case of kidney failure, when the body cannot hold the fluid, causing thirst. At the same time, water does not exit well through the urinary system, but accumulates in the tissues, forming edema.
Another reason for the constant desire to drink is a rare disease called diabetes insipidus, in which the water-salt balance is disturbed and severe dehydration occurs. During frequent urination, sodium is eliminated from the body.
Great thirst appears with hyperfunction of the parathyroid gland. The disease is accompanied by severe weakness and fatigue, inability to concentrate, aching bones, and renal colic.
Increased thirst occurs in liver diseases. This can be cirrhosis or hepatitis, accompanied by symptoms such as
pain under the ribs on the right, nausea, yellowness of the sclera, nosebleeds.
And finally, I want to say a few words about what drinks you need to drink to quench your thirst. This can be ordinary pure water, decoctions of plants (raspberry, currant, mint leaves), non-hot tea (green or black), but not juices with preservatives or carbonated drinks.