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it does so for a good reason (a reason overlooked by allopathic medicine)—it is in part a
reaction to chronic dehydration, a condition where the body is trying to fix these abrasions
and tears that are produced in the arterial system. Cholesterol is actually saving the lives
of people, because cholesterol is a bandage, a waterproof bandage designed by the
body. xxxvii

Chronic pains of the body that cannot easily be explained as injury or infection,
should first and foremost be interpreted as signals of chronic water shortage in the
area where the pain is registered. These pain signals should first be considered and
excluded as primary indicators for dehydration of the body before any other
complicated procedures are forced on the patient.

F. Batmanghelidj, M.D.

The body manifests dehydration in the form of pain with the location of the pain being
the point or points where dehydration is most settled. Tests consistently reveal that
chronic pain patients suffer from chronic dehydration. xxxviii A significant number of
chronic pain patients also have a lower than normal venous blood plasma pH. xxxix A
person with low venous plasma pH has what is termed acid blood. Acid blood is typically
dark in color due to low oxygen content.

Chronic, unintentional dehydration is the origin of most pain and degenerative
diseases in the human body. The body manifests dehydration in as many ways as
we, in medicine, have invented diseases. Dry mouth is not a sign of dehydration
and waiting to get thirsty is wrong. Thirst should be prevented. When the body
doesn’t receive water and you have pain this is a sign of dehydration. The mouth
is not dry. Pain in the body is a crisis call of the body for water. If you have
heartburn, your body is telling you it’s short of water in your gastrointestinal track.
You’ve had a heavy meal, there wasn’t enough water to liquefy and break down
the food and get it absorbed and it gives you pain.

F. Batmanghelidj, M.D.

In animal studies blood pH did not differ significantly due to water deprivation; however,
respiratory rate was significantly elevated, while blood partial pressure of CO2, total CO2
and bicarbonate were significantly reduced. The challenge in dehydration is a mild
respiratory alkalosis induced by reduced blood CO2, which may be the result of an
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accelerated respiratory rate.

All functions within the body require the presence of water. A well-hydrated body enables
these functions to occur quickly and efficiently. Dehydration happens when a person loses
more fluids than he or she takes in. Large amounts of fluids can be lost through fever,
diarrhea, vomiting, or sweating.

Dehydration happens very quickly in the bodies of infants and small children, who don’t
have as much fluid to spare. It can quickly become very serious. Risk of dehydration
among children is higher than among adults and this process of dehydration may begin

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