Whenever any of us gets sick or feels unwell at home, my mom’s diagnosis is always, “you have gas.” Whether you have a headache or pain in your shoulder the root cause as per my mom is flatulence. I, on the other hand attribute most common ailments to dehydration. Instinctively, if someone is dizzy, fatigued, has the flu or a cold, has a headache I attribute some of the symptoms to dehydration.
Nothing, a bottle of Gatorade probably couldn’t fix, prophylax or alleviate at least somewhat.
Today, during rounds while we walked towards a patient room, my parched attending walked into a wall. We all bit back laughter and she was fine. But I’m sure if she had been hydrated she would have been more alert.
And for our sake I am glad it was not the alternative –gas.
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