hormonal and metabolic disorders
Dehydration
Diagnosis of Dehydration
A doctor's evaluation Sometimes blood tests Dehydration can often be diagnosed from symptoms and the results of a doctor's examination. But sometimes doctors do blood tests for people who appear seriously ill or who take certain drugs or have certain disorders. For people who require more monitoring or testing in an emergency department or intensive care unit, doctors sometimes use ultrasound or special catheters to measure the severity of dehydration. Dehydration normally causes the sodium level in the blood to increase. The reason is that although the common causes of dehydration (such as Excessive Sweating , 