OT: Symptoms of severe dehydration

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If anyone is interested I thought I'd post the link to a group which

posts news that you won't find in the popular media.

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Here is one sample:

Mona-Britt

Doctor: Terri Schiavo's Starvation, Dehydration Death Would be Painful

by Ertelt

LifeNews.com Editor

March 24, 2005

Pinellas Park, FL (LifeNews.com) -- A doctor who has been

monitoring the debate surrounding Terri Schiavo says the disabled

woman will die from a painful starvation and dehydration death

unless she is allowed to have food and water. Some doctors

contend the death process is not painful.

Dr. s, the president of the Christian Medical

Association, says " most so-called experts have never seen someone

die in this manner. "

However, s worked for 13 years in Africa, where the most

common cause of death in children is dehydration from

gastroenteritis.

" I have seen hundreds if not thousands of patients with

dehydration and some of them so far gone, that despite

resuscitation attempts, they died, " Dr. s said.

" As dehydration begins, there is extreme thirst, dry mouth and

thick saliva, " s explains. " The patient becomes dizzy,

faint and unable to stand or sit; has severe cramping in the arms

and legs as the sodium and potassium concentrations in the body

goes up as fluids go down. "

" In misery, the patient tries to cry but there are no tears. The

patient experiences severe abdominal cramps, nausea and

dry-heaving as the stomach and intestines dry out, " s

continued.

s says patients who die from starvation and dehydration

have cracking skin and lips and their tongue swells. As mucous

membranes dry out and break down, patients will suffer from

severe nose bleeds.

A patient's hands and feet become extremely cold as the

circulatory system begins to shut down and move blood to vital

organs in an attempt to keep the person alive. The patient has

problems urinating and is prone to having excruciating headaches.

" Some patients have hallucinations and seizures as their body

chemistry becomes even more imbalanced, " s said.

Terri would go into a coma, likely, and would suffer a severe

heart attack before dying.

" Contrary to those that try to paint a picture of a gentle

process, death by dehydration is a cruel, inhumane and often

agonizing death, " Dr. s concludes.

Although s contends Terri will feel severe pain during the

dying process, the public may never know.

According to Dr. Ed Dominguez, a medical consultant for KLTV in

Tyler, Texas, Terri's estranged husband has decided

against running a brain wave scan on Terri.

Dominguez says the electroencephalogram would give doctors a good

idea how Terri's brain responds to pain.

has also decided to cremate Terri's body, preventing any

postmortem examination and preventing any experts from

determining whether Terri was physically abused as Terri's family

and others contend.

Christian Medical Association - http://www.cmdahome.org