Talk:Thirst

How can there be no data anyhwere in wikipedia on this?
How much days can one survive without drinking?, how many without eating? without breathing? The answer is borderer but not treated.Undead Herle King (talk) 04:02, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Why without breathing or eating. this it the thirst article. . .-Lea (talk) 15:41, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

He is saying: "which is more important, and how long can one survive wuthout the other". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.184.14.79 (talk • contribs) 23:49, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

does a fish get thirsty?
Fish living in saltwater do drink the water through their mouths, and thus must have some sort of drive to make them want to drink. This stimulus would be in many ways similar to the phenomenon we humans know as "thirst". Fish living in freshwater, however, absorb water through their skin, and don't need to actively drink at all. Thus freshwater fish probably do not experience thirst. Fish, such as salmon, which spend some time in saltwater and some time in freshwater probably only become thirsty and drink when they are in saltwater. In the future, it would be best to submit a question such as this to the WP:RD/S, it would have been answered in minutes, with any luck.Tuckerekcut 17:42, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Do fish have tastebuds?--Kjmoran 03:13, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Edit
I came across the article quite randomly and I just love the way it was written! I assume that it was copied straight off another website but nevetheless if not the article did make for funny reading with such extracts as:

"(drinking water)helps urinary tract infections become virtually a thing of the past"

and

"Of course if you are engaged in some kind of hot activity (something that makes you sweat), you'll need to drink more"

best of all:

"Finally, don't fret about the need to go potty more often once you start increasing your water intake. Your bladder will quickly expand to meet the new requirements and you'll be able to hold more without needing to make so many pit stops."

I noticed that someone had placed a rewrite to a narrative, npov encyclopedia style, so I've done just that on the hydration section, though it still needs some online sources or citations. LordHarris 00:16, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Read the first paragraph of this article aloud to someone. Wow.--Kjmoran 03:13, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

And Bouguereau's painting is just the pick to match the supreme quality of the article... ;) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Whichiswhich (talk • contribs) 15:42, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Subtle Dehydration and Caffeine
I'm sure I've read before that caffeine, although a diuretic, when consumed in tea/coffee does not remove as much water from the body than is received through the water content of the drink? Anyone know more about that? 86.5.162.99 (talk) 22:59, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Yeah check out http://www.positivelycoffee.org/topic_sf_overview.aspx. This articulate is has lots of inaccuracies. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.97.71.207 (talk) 03:16, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Unusual question
Well, it'll sound like an unusual question, but it's something that article's content didn't really satisfy. You see, I don't have a sense of thirst. I don't know what the onset of thirst feels like&mdash;whether it's distracting, or painful, or what. I only know when my mouth or throat feel dryer than usual. But if they're moistened (such as during chewing gum) but I'm otherwise not drinking any fluids, I usually don't know if I need fluids or not. (I compensate by drinking water by habit, whether or not I think I may be dehydrated.) Is there any sourceable way that the sensation of thirst can be described for someone who cannot thirst? I've heard thirst can feel worse than hunger, but this is very difficult to imagine since thirst is such a non-feeling. And I'm not that old either&mdash;even as a youth, I never had a sense of thirst that I can remember. - Gilgamesh (talk) 09:51, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
 * My question was never answered. - Gilgamesh (talk) 08:40, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

Causes of decreased volume
In the section on decreased volume the sentence "This is most likely the result of extensive bleeding, but can also result from vomiting, diarrhea, or evaporation from the skin." was changed to "This can be caused by blood loss, vomiting, and diarrhea." I agree to the de-emphasis on blood loss, but sweating is possibly the most important contributor to decreased volume and should not be omitted. Eddi (Talk) 16:52, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

Reduced thirst
While the article mentions polydipsia, i.e, excessive thirst, it makes no mention of adipsia, or reduced thirst. Also, the article seems incomplete since there is no section explaining abnormalities in the mechanism of thirst and associated biochemical processes (for example, mentioning polydipsia, but no explanation of it). I would myself have liked to pitch in, but I consider myself a medical layperson. Hopefully, experts will add these sections in the near future, and make the article more comprehensive. I will add polydipsia and adipsia in the "See also" section for the time being, though. Knaveknight (talk) 06:18, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

Quenching the thirst
The article currently explains how and why thirst appears, but not how it goes away. Peculiarly, it disappears almost instantly after one drinks a sufficient quantity of water, despite the fact that the receptors still report the same, since actual rehydration takes some time. GregorB (talk) 22:56, 11 August 2018 (UTC)