Stefan Viljoen schrieb:

> I've seen people be perfectly fine, talking and walking, and be down flat 
> and starting to slowly die of dehydration after an hour or two of this. It 
> can seriously mess you up - get onto a MD right away.
> 
> Sure you didn't get some bad water? Where I live this is a common problem 
> (along with nastier stuff like cholera) especially where the water isn't 
> clean and has got a high bacterial content.

That would be rather uncommon over here. Most common cause in Europe is 
probably "food poisoning" (i.e. food gone bad) or a flu. Nothing severe 
enough to have you die of dehydration within hours, maybe except for 
people in bad health condition anyway. So here appropriate action is 
more like, "get the shit out", drink a lot, and if it's not starting to 
get somewhat better next day, start worrying a bit and see the doctor. 
Maybe send someone to the pharmacy right away to get you some medical 
coal, because that'll be the most common medication anyway and can't do 
harm.

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