Symptoms
Most patients report having a runny nose and/or other flu-like symptoms, or else gastro-intestinal disorders (diarrhea or vomiting), or a general weakness or pain in their limbs, but others get no particular or consistent warning signs ahead of their episode. They subsequently develop thirst and lightheadedness and the following measurable conditions:
- hemoconcentration;
- low blood pressure (hypotension);
- hypoalbuminemia; and
- partial or generalized edema.
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