dehydration

I just drink ridiculously amounts of water to keep from getting dehydrated. If I don't drink tons and tons of water then I get an awful headache and get really REALLy dehydrated. I force myself to drink sssoooo much water. It gets a little annoying, but it keeps the dehydration and dehydration headaches away. I don't drink ginger ale and definitely don't do gatorade or any other type of sports drink, but thats just me.

I hope you feel better soon!! Keep us posted! And drink drink drink (even though it gets annoying)!

lilturbo said...
I just drink ridiculously amounts of water to keep from getting dehydrated. If I don't drink tons and tons of water then I get an awful headache and get really REALLy dehydrated. I force myself to drink sssoooo much water. It gets a little annoying, but it keeps the dehydration and dehydration headaches away. I don't drink ginger ale and definitely don't do gatorade or any other type of sports drink, but thats just me.

I hope you feel better soon!! Keep us posted! And drink drink drink (even though it gets annoying)!

I agree with you.   I drink every day 2 liters of water on top of the other liquids every day when I am not in a flare.  If I flare up I drink any where from 2 - 4 liters depends on how much I sit on the throne.  I too have problems with dehydration and even if I am in a flare or not I end up in the hospital at least once or twice a month dehydrated.  The same as when I am not in a flare up I still have lose stools some days and others days are fine.   Crohn's is a frustrating disorder and we take the good with the bad. 

I do know that others do use power drinks, soda pop and now aloe drinks.  I haven't tried them to keep hydrated so can't help you there.  I have just found that I am water monkey.  

Good luck

Like PB4 said, avoid straight gatorade. Gatorade has a lot of sugar in it and that sugar can actually make the diarrhea worse. My primary care physician said to mix gatorade with water in a 50%/50% mix. Pedialyte is better since it doesn't have the sugar. Soda can be bad also. I have a big problem with regular soda, if I drink it, it always triggers diarrhea. Diet soda is a bit better, but not much.
Water is your best bet, but make sure you are getting some electrolytes as your body cannot run on water alone. I know that trying to keep the water "in" is tough. When it gets hot here, and I'm working outside a lot, I can get into trouble really quick. Trying to keep up with sweating while not triggering diarrhea is a difficult task.

When I travel, I carry a number of small packages of "oral re hydration salts".
http://www.google.com/products?q=oral+rehydration+salts&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title It's basically the good stuff in gatorade without the sugar. You can just mix the powder with water and drink it. Not as convenient as pre-bottled stuff, but in a jam it works.

also if you can tolerate it, watermelon is great for rehydrating yourself