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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.
Reasons used
116 patients in the community are using or have used Water.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| General health | 79 | 68% |
| Other | 8 | 6% |
| Slow my ALS progress | 7 | 6% |
| Support another treatment | 2 | 1% |
| Don't know | 2 | 1% |
| Fasciculations | 2 | 1% |
| dry mouth | 1 | <1% |
| Constipation | 1 | <1% |
| dehydration | 1 | <1% |
| Fatigue | 1 | <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) | 2 L all the time (24/7) | daily | 1 L daily | 1 other daily | 1.5 L daily | 1.5 liter daily | 2 L daily | 2.5 L daily | 2.5 liter daily | 3 L daily | 3.5 liter daily | 4 L daily | 5 L daily | 5 other daily | 6 L daily | 20 other daily | 200 L daily | 1000 L daily | 1200 mL daily | 1800 L 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
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 3 | 100% |  |
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 5 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 75% | 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Slight | 25% | 1 |
General health
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 0% | 0 |
| Mild | 20% | 1 |
| None | 80% | 4 |
Top reported side-effects include: Urinary frequency, Causes blood to thin
Summary results are based on 5 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 5)
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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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- Porky
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: severe
- Arms: mild
- Chest: none
- Legs: moderate
- See profile
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by Porky
Jan 10, 2009
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- General health
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
Report created on November 08, 2009.