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The human body has some very effective ways of showing you that all is not well and “encouraging” you to take remedial action, including inducing fainting when it can’t get enough oxygen to the brain and triggering a coughing fit when its airways are obstructed. However, some signs aren’t quite so obvious and may need to be watched for more carefully if you want to look after your health properly.

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Signs Your Body Gives That Tell You to Sit Up and Take Notice

The human body is a wonderful machine that’s capable of some remarkable feats. Providing you look after it well and don’t overly abuse it, it can sustain a heavy workload over a considerable length of time. It’s also clever enough to be able to alert you when it’s not doing so well so that you can take the necessary remedial action. Some signs such as choking are difficult to ignore: they take over to the extent that you have little control over your body and are forced to take immediate action. Some signs, however, are a little less obvious, but still shouldn’t be ignored.

Excessive Thirst

We’ve all experienced excessive thirst at times, usually as a result of eating salty foods or not keeping sufficiently hydrated during exercise. It’s the body’s way of telling us that it needs us to replace water that’s been lost. However, there are other reasons for excessive thirst (also known as polydipsia). A very strong need to drink water may be due to a psychological problem, which will need appropriate attention, or it may be a symptom of diabetes. If your excessive thirst is accompanied by blurry vision and fatigue and you’ve also been passing excessive amounts of urine, you should consult your doctor. Excessive thirst is one of the hallmark symptoms of both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, the latter being one of the most common chronic diseases and one that’s often under-diagnosed. And although Type 2 diabetes is associated with many serious complications, these are largely preventable with proper diabetes management.

Watery Eyes

It’s perfectly natural to cry when emotions get too much for us, but it’s not natural for your eyes to water with no obvious explanation. Your eyes need a good healthy layer of tears to protect them and facilitate clear vision. Tears that are too watery aren’t an adequate moisturizer for the eyes. Healthy tears contain lipids and proteins, and if these aren’t present in the right balance, your tears can’t protect your eyes from drying out and infection. This results in soreness or blurry vision – referred to as dry eye syndrome – and the eye reacts by producing watery tears in an attempt to wash out whatever’s causing the soreness. Dry eye syndrome isn’t usually serious; however, in rare cases it may result in vision impairment and scarring of the eye’s surface when untreated. There are a number of causes of dry eye syndrome including age, hormonal changes, and general poor health. Consult your optometrist if you’re experiencing watery eyes with no apparent explanation.

Fainting

Fainting, often referred to as syncope, is a brief loss of consciousness. It occurs when the brain is deprived of oxygen and other nutrients, usually caused by a temporary reduction in blood flow. A reduction in the blood flow to the brain causes a disturbance of the brain function which results in a person losing consciousness. There are a number of reasons why blood flow to the brain is decreased; it could be due to a heart disorder, although more commonly it’s due to an interference with the normal return of blood to the heart which has the knock-on effect of reducing blood flow to the brain as well as the rest of the body. Fainting can be caused by low blood pressure, growth spurts, consuming too little food and fluids, emotional distress, lack of sleep, and exercising when the body’s energy reserve is too low. More serious causes include cardiac conditions that impair the heart’s pumping mechanism. If you experience fainting, take a look at your recent lifestyle to try to determine the cause.

Vomiting

Vomiting forces the contents of the stomach up through the esophagus and out through the mouth. It’s the body’s way of ridding itself of an irritant or “invader.” It’s a complex, coordinated reflex action produced in response to signals from various parts of the body including the stomach, mouth, bloodstream, and brain. Sometimes just seeing someone else vomit is enough to induce vomiting in a person; this is the body’s way of protecting you from possible exposure to the same danger. Most of the time vomiting doesn’t need any medical attention. However, if the symptoms continue for days, are severe, or you’re unable to keep down any foods or fluids, you should consult your doctor.

Paying attention to the signs your body gives out when it’s in distress helps you not only to understand how it works, but also puts you in a better position to look after it.

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