Dehydration
Dehydration is the medical term for losing too much water or bodily fluids. These fluids are utilized for bodily functions such as regulating body temperature, moisturizing eye tissues, protecting body organs and tissues, and carrying essential nutrients and oxygen to the cells. Without water or fluids, the body will lose balance and experience unpleasant changes. Some of these changes are the shrinkage of cells, urinating less, unbalanced electrolytes, malfunctioning joints, swelling of the brain, and muscle twitching.
Sustaining the recommended daily amount of water intake is beneficial to maintaining salt in the body. Salt is good for the muscles because it performs nerve impulses, helps the muscle contract and relax, and claims the right amount of water and mineral levels. However, when the salt in the body decreases, it adversely affects the muscle. This is because nerve impulses are quick inundations of sodium into the neuron to make the muscle contract or move. Muscle greatly depends on nerve impulses to do its function.
Losing excessive amounts of water can cause a low sodium count inside the body. This can cause muscles to malfunction, hence, the twitching. Therefore, always remember to increase body fluids intake to improve muscle performance.
