What does it mean when you pinch your skin and it stays white for 20 seconds?!
Question: What does it mean when you pinch your skin and it stays white for 20 seconds!?
a friend is abroad and trying to get home!. she is really ill and dont want to go to the hospital in the area she is till she back in uk soil!.!.!. she asked me a question this morning, what does it mean when i pinch my skin and it stays white for 20 seconds!?!?!?!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
Pinching the skin and staying white for 20 seconds is called blanching!. Blanching is one of the signs of dehydration!.
Dehydration can be defined as "the excessive loss of water from the body!.
These are the signs of MIld Dehyration: thirst, dry lips and slightly dry mouth mucous membranes
Moderate Dehydration:Very dry mouth membranes ;Sunken eyes Sunken fontanelle (soft spot) on infant
Dehydration can be defined as "the excessive loss of water from the body!.
These are the signs of MIld Dehyration: thirst, dry lips and slightly dry mouth mucous membranes
Moderate Dehydration:Very dry mouth membranes ;Sunken eyes Sunken fontanelle (soft spot) on infant
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