Hope Quarter 2 (Week 1-2)

PATRICK JOHN M. OLIVEROS H.O.P.
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11 HUMSS-CANLAS QUARTER 2 ~WEEK 1-2
What is It
Activity 2:
A. Dehydration
1. What is dehydration?
Dehydration is a state that happens when the loss of body fluids, mostly water, exceeds the
amount that is taken in.
2. What are the signs and symptoms that a person is dehydrated?

The signs and symptoms of dehydration range from minor to severe and my include:
• Increased thirst
• Dry mouth and swollen tongue
• Weakness
• Dizziness
• Palpitation
• Confusion
• Slowness
• Fainting
• Incapability to sweat
• Decreased urine excretion
3. Why is it important that a person, especially athlete, is well hydrated?
The human body is made up of 70% water. A person, especially an athlete who is
performing too much physical activities tend to perspire or sweat a lot. This causes the
water in our body to leave, as a byproduct of the said activities. Too much perspiration
without the water being replaced could lead to dehydration, which is why it is important to
keep the body hydrated.
B. Overexertion
4. When does overexertion of a person occur?

Overexertion occurs when the body is physically working while fatigued or pushed beyond
its physical capacity and limitations of the soft tissue.
5. How will a person prevent Overexertion?

Below are steps you can take to prevent overexertion during summer:
• Know your limits. If you have not been exercising and training for the several months,
build your strength and stamina progressively. It is significant to pace yourself and know
when to say “enough”. If at time, you are breathing profoundly or profusely sweating,
reduce speed, slow down, or take a break.
• Stretch and warm up before any heavy lifting or exhausting activity. Making your body
more flexible can help prevent overexertion. Stretch your body before and after every
physical task that you do daily. Do something less strenuous for 5 to 10 minutes like
walking, running in place, jumping jacks or toe touching. This will help warm up your
muscles and ligaments to help avoid unexpected strains on cold body tissue.
• Lift properly. Avoid back injuries by lifting with your legs bent; kept the object(s) close to
your body; keep away from bending, reaching, and twisting while lifting; and ask
someone for help with large or heavy items.
• Set obtainable goals. When exercising, set a target that you can attain without causing
too much stress on your body. Make sure to take frequent breaks as well.
• Stay hydrated. Drink plenty of fluid prior to and throughout any strenuous activity.
Dehydration is frequently a result of overexertion. Therefore, it is very important to drink
plenty of water each day.
• Listen to your body. It is very important to listen to your body. If something hurts, never
ignore it as taking a small injury or small ache or pain for granted may end up turning
into much bigger problem. If something hurts, relax. If after rest and relaxation, the pain
still persists, contact the doctor for subsequent steps.
• Rest. This is the easiest way to avert overexertion. This will keep you away from many
overexertion injuries. It is also important to get at least 8 hours of sleep every night.
REFLECTIVE ESSAY
Importance of knowledge of dehydration, overexertion, hypothermia and
hyperthermia
Dehydration is when someone loses more fluids than he or she takes in. Dehydration
isn't as serious a problem for teens as it can be for babies or young children. But if you ignore
your thirst, dehydration can slow you down.
When someone gets dehydrated, it means the amount of water in the body has
dropped below the level needed for normal body function. Small decreases don't cause
problems, and in most cases, they go completely unnoticed. But not drinking enough to keep up
with the loss of fluid can sometimes make a person feel quite sick.
Based on my experience, having a dehydrated body causes various physical or
health conditions. The main health condition I experience when I am dehydrated is dizziness. As
far as I know our body is almost made up of 70% water so if we sweat the percentage of water
in our body will decrease. When we urinate it will go down again. When we reduce it will
decrease again. So my solution to that problem was to drink eight glasses of water a day.
I learned that the most common cause of dizziness was dehydration. And I also
learned that the most effective way to do this is to drink eight glasses of water every day to keep
the body hydrated.
In the lesson, I also learned that Hypothermia is a life-threatening and serious
condition that occurs when your body loses more heat than it produces causing your
temperature to drop below 95°F (35 °C). Exposures to cold air or water are the most common
causes of hypothermia which is why it often afflicts unprepared campers, hikers, or swimmers.
Hypothermia maybe occurs because of shivering, dizziness, feeling hungry, rapid heart rate,
tiredness, nausea, confusion, rapid breathing, trouble forming words, lack of coordination. And
hyperthermia is a result of the body being over heated. This is caused by physical activity,
moderated high room temperature, start of dehydration because of losing too much sweat
without enough water intake to replenish the body system, solar or reflected radiation, in
appropriate garments that do not allow evaporation or cooling off sweat, a low fitness level and
or added workload of carrying extreme weight. It may occurs maybe because of headache,
dizziness, exhaustion, muscle cramps, dark urine-including dehydration, abdominal cramps or
nausea, rapid heart rate, profuse sweating, clammy skin, fainting
I’ve learned in the lesson that when the body is hard pressed further than its limits
during exhausting or extreme exercise, activity, heat, lack of water or food, and other causes,
overexertion injuries occur.
In conclusion, being dehydrated can cause many condition to our body health. The
best way to prevent them is to drink eight glasses of water daily/every day. We should always
consume that level of water in our body so that we don’t become dehydrated and so that we do
not get sick quickly.

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PATRICK JOHN M. OLIVEROS H.O.P.

2. What are the signs and symptoms that a person is dehydrated?

4. When does overexertion of a person occur?

5. How will a person prevent Overexertion?

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