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While severe dehydration will cause overt symptoms necessitating the end of a scene, it is not life-threatening in short term. Overhydration, on the other hand, is: in the history of organized sports, there is not a single well-documented fatality caused purely by dehydration, but hundreds caused by overhydration<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hmpgloballearningnetwork.com/site/emsworld/article/10324701/marathon-maladies-dehydration-debunked |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=www.hmpgloballearningnetwork.com}}</ref>. | While severe dehydration will cause overt symptoms necessitating the end of a scene, it is not life-threatening in short term. Overhydration, on the other hand, is: in the history of organized sports, there is not a single well-documented fatality caused purely by dehydration, but hundreds caused by overhydration<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hmpgloballearningnetwork.com/site/emsworld/article/10324701/marathon-maladies-dehydration-debunked |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=www.hmpgloballearningnetwork.com}}</ref>. | ||
Dehydration is often confused with [[heat exhaustion]] due to them usually happening together in play. Rehydration will not generally solve overheating issues, nor does cooling down solve dehydration. | |||
=== Mitigation === | === Mitigation === | ||