If something upsets this balance, you may have too little water ( dehydration) or too much water (overhydration). The amount of water that you take in should equal the amount you lose. This can happen when the amount of water in your body changes. The levels of electrolytes in your body can become too low or too high. You get them from the foods you eat and the fluids you drink.

Sodium, calcium, potassium, chloride, phosphate, and magnesium are all electrolytes.

Make sure that your nerves, muscles, the heart, and the brain work the way they should.

Balance your body's acid/base (pH) level.

Balance the amount of water in your body.

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The body fluid compartments change