How to know if you have severe dehydration?

Question

No judgment cause I’m already surprised that I forgot to drink water, except for ice tea and half a small bottle of water in the early morning where I live is really hot, and I went to work at 8 and returned at 4 that’s when I noticed my mouth was dry asf. I panicked and immediately drank water because my friend passed out from dehydration before and didn’t look pleasant at all. 
My mouth was still dry and I drank pineapple juice (with some salt) and like 400 ml (or more) of water. After that my pee was clear and the dry mouth went away. I took a 5 hour nap and I woke up with a fast heart rate and a dry mouth and a weak feeling I went to pee and it was little pee. How do I know that it isn’t an emergency? I also drank soup and orange juice to ensure I’m okay.

Answer

U probably are dehydrated, a lot people are because we don’t drink nearly enough water as ur supposed to but ur case doesn’t sound like an emergency.
You should drink more water throughout the day. You can look up and calculate how much water you’re supposed to drink daily ￼

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Just keep drinking water and electrolytes and you’ll be fine. 
It’s only an emergency if you’re dizzy, confused, passing out.

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Dehydration in adults isn't serious unless you can't really keep anything down. I think the majority of adults are likely dehydrated. Ha.

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Sometimes severe dehydration can be a sign of diabetes, you may want to get your sugar levels checked, obviously increasing your hydration, maybe some smart water that has electrolytes or Gatorade and some kind of beverage to help out, if you’re doing a lot of exercise or sweating, or just not drinking enough water like you said. Sometimes if you have salty foods, I know if I have Chinese food, my body needs at least 8 cups of water in the one sitting of the meal otherwise I wake up in the middle of the night feeling like I’m in the desert dying. Because I rarely eat salt and it’s a shock to my system. But if it doesn’t get better, I would go and get checked out, sometimes your body has a hard time balancing salt and sugar intake, maybe you need to be put on an IV drip or Lasix or some kind of issue that you’re having balancing your salt and sugar, your body is having a hard time finding homeostasis, there is an amount of salt that your body needs, as well as fluids, If it doesn’t get better, go and get checked out usually you can tell by your lips, if they’re dried out, you can tell by your skin, obviously if you’re already thirsty, that means you’re already dehydrated just keep fluids going, smart water, Gatorade, some thing because there’s an issue going on. You could have something going on with your thyroid, it could be a number of issues regulation from your pituitary gland your hypothalamus, something is off.￼￼

How to know if you have severe dehydration?

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