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Water Treatment Report
What is Water? Water is a vital chemical substance to all life on Earth, required by humans at a volume of around 2 litres per day. During illness many factors may lead to dehydration including medications, reduced intake, difficulty swallowing so supplemental intake of water may be an essential intervention.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| General health | 271 | 48% |
| Other | 36 | 6% |
| thirst | 19 | 3% |
| Bladder problems | 19 | 3% |
| dehydration | 17 | 3% |
| Support another treatment | 13 | 2% |
| Excessive Thirst | 11 | 1% |
| Fatigue | 11 | 1% |
| Bowel problems | 9 | 1% |
| Slow my ALS progress | 7 | 1% |
| Fibromyalgia | 6 | 1% |
Other treatments patients are using for General health include Multivitamins, Omega 3 Fish Oil, and Vitamin C.
| 10 L all the time (24/7) | 10tbs. as needed | 1 L all the time (24/7) | 1 other all the time (24/7) | 1other as needed | 2 L all the time (24/7) | 30ml as needed | 330 mL all the time (24/7) | 4 L all the time (24/7) | 8 other all the time (24/7) | all the time (24/7) | daily | 2 hr weekly | 0.5 liter daily | 0.75 L daily | 1 L daily | 1 other daily | 1.5 L daily | 1.5 liter daily | 1.6 liter daily | 1.89 L daily | 2 L daily | 2 other daily | 2.5 L daily | 2.5 liter daily | 3 L daily | 3 other daily | 3.5 liter daily | 4 L daily | 4 other daily | 5 L daily | 5 other daily | 6 L daily | 6 other daily | 7 L daily | 7 other daily | 8 L daily | 8 other daily | 9 L daily | 9 mL daily | 10 L daily | 10 other daily | 12 L daily | 15 L daily | 16 L daily | 20 other daily | 24 L daily | 50 L daily | 64 daily | 64 mL daily | 64 other daily | 90 other daily | 100 L daily | 100 mmol/L daily | 120 L daily | 200 L daily | 240 L daily | 1000 L daily | 1200 mL daily | 1800 L daily | 1800 mL daily | 1892 mL daily | 2000 mL daily | 2100 L daily | 5000 mL daily | ||
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Duration
How long current patients have been using Water or how long patients were using Water before stopping.
Currently Using Water
Stopped Using Water
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 42 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 59% | 16 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 22% | 6 |
| Slight | 7% | 2 |
| Can't tell | 11% | 3 |
General health
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 12% | 5 |
| Mild | 19% | 8 |
| None | 69% | 29 |
Top reported side-effects include: Urinary frequency, Causes blood to thin
Summary results are based on 42 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 42)
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- Bobby B
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: moderate
- Arms: severe
- Chest: mild
- Legs: severe
- See profile
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by Bobby B
Sep 14, 2008
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- Slow my ALS progress
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
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- jmscout
- Sex: F
- Sensation: None
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: none
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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by jmscout
Sep 17, 2008
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- Fatigue
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
Report created on November 08, 2009.