Everyone has experienced thirst many times. This feeling appears when our body needs water. It refers to physiological sensations and is one of the most important. The meaning of the word "thirst", the phenomenon itself, its features and causes will be discussed in this article.
Description
Studying the meaning of thirst experienced by a person, it is necessary to consider the causes of its occurrence. The body of a person and other living beings constantly loses water through their skin, excretion system and as a result of metabolic processes. This is especially true in conditions of intense heat or in a dry environment, as well as when playing sports, while working or other stress on the muscles. Water rapidly leaves our body with increased brain activity caused by mental stress.
This loss of water needs to be replaced. Thirst is a signal given by the brain that the body needs water immediately. This can be compared with the feeling of hunger that occurs when it is necessary to restore the reserves of protein, fats, carbohydrates.and minerals.
According to the opinion of the German professor, scientist and physician Hermann Notnagel, these feelings stand out in a special, so-called food group of internal sensations of the body. It should be said that the feeling of shortness of breath also applies to it, which indicates that a living being needs more oxygen.
Symptoms
When the body has lost a lot of water, it leads to fever, as well as dry mouth and thirst. These are its main symptoms, which make a person replenish water supplies. Other symptoms include dry lips and tongue. With the presence of a prolonged feeling of thirst, the lips begin to crack, the mucous membrane dries up, and the saliva in the mouth becomes sticky and thick. As the tongue moves, it begins to stick to the palate.
With prolonged thirst, the above symptoms are added to the unpleasant sensations of heat, breathing and pulse quicken, and then an excited and feverish state appears. There is general restlessness, delirium, and the skin becomes hot and dry, there is pain in the eye area.
Thirst is the feeling to which you should pay special attention, as dehydration can lead to very serious consequences. With prolonged dehydration, which lasts more than two days, the result will be a painful death. So, for example, the human body cannot live without water for more than three days, while without food you can live for several weeks.
How to fight?
In order to cope with thirst, firstTurn, you need to drink water. However, this will only help if it is caused locally, for example, after inhaling hot air. However, if thirst is caused by common causes, such as loss of water directly by the body itself (due to excessive physical exertion, prolonged lack of water intake in the body), more serious action is required.
In case of general dehydration, it is necessary to immediately replenish the body's water reserves. To do this, a large amount of fluid is injected directly into the stomach itself, into the rectum or intravenously, directly into the blood itself. In such cases, it is necessary to make up for the lack of water as soon as possible, otherwise it can be fatal.
Other values
There are also other meanings of this term. So, for example, in a figurative sense, this word speaks of the desire for something. The thirst for revenge, the thirst for life, the thirst for power, etc. In other words, this is the strongest desire of a person to possess, for example, power or to strongly want to take revenge.
"Thirst" is also the title of feature films that were released at various times. In 1949, director Ingmar Bergman made a film called "Thirst", which was very popular. In 1959, director E. Tashkov made a feature film of the same name dedicated to the Great Patriotic War.
