staying hydrated benefits your heart, your muscles, and just about everything else<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat To Do If You’re Dehydrated<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Most of the time, the dehydration that people experience is mild. At that point, you may feel tired and thirsty. The best way to handle mild dehydration is to drink water and rest<\/strong>. If you’re already feeling dehydrated, sugary drinks will only worsen the problem. However, you can drink have a sports drink diluted with water if you want. This is also a good time to consider whether or not continuing your hike is a good idea. If you feel like your energy has returned after a break, then feel free to carry on.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIf you’ve become dehydrated beyond that point, it’s still a good idea to stop and drink some water. If you have any electrolytes that you can add in, definitely do so<\/strong>. When you’re feeling a little stronger, this is a good time to turn around. It’s not worth the risk of making your condition worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\nBeyond moderate dehydration, the situation is severe enough to require medical assistance<\/strong>. Get the help of a friend, ranger, or a fellow hiker. If you need to call someone for help, don’t delay. Severe dehydration can become very dangerous if your body doesn’t get enough fluids in time.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Is water okay to drink while hiking, or is there something better? Water and Gatorade are the best choices for staying hydrated while hiking. For extra energy on a hike,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8126,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":3,"label":"Hiking"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/decideoutside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/putting-water-in-hydration-pack-1024x683.jpg",640,427,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Peter","author_link":"https:\/\/decideoutside.com\/author\/outsidedecider\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":3,"name":"Hiking","slug":"hiking","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":55,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0","cat_ID":3,"category_count":55,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Hiking","category_nicename":"hiking","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/decideoutside.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8051"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/decideoutside.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/decideoutside.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/decideoutside.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/decideoutside.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8051"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/decideoutside.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10980,"href":"https:\/\/decideoutside.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8051\/revisions\/10980"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/decideoutside.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/decideoutside.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/decideoutside.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/decideoutside.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}