Up to 60% of our body is water. Therefore, it’s safe to say that drinking water has the most impact on our health.
Did you ever notice that we tend to get dehydrated, have headaches, fatigue, weight gain, dry mouth, sluggish bowel function and more when we drink less water?
In the case of severe dehydration, you might also suffer from kidney disorders.
Drinking contaminated water is equally fatal as drinking insufficient quantities of water. Consumption of contaminated water can negatively impact your gut health.
It can also lead to several water-borne diseases like typhoid, cholera, diarrhoea, hepatitis, gastroenteritis, worm infections and more. Though these diseases can be cured in a short period with medication, they can have a severe impact on your body, especially your kidney and liver.
Now, you might be wondering how your drinking water quantity and quality can impact your health insurance?
Here’s how:
Drinking water and Medical History
Prolonged chronic dehydration can impact your body functioning and can lead to various medical conditions. These can add to your medical history if you are not careful at the initial level. They can become severe over time and lead to illnesses that will be considered pre-existing when buying health insurance. The more the medical history or pre-existing conditions, the higher can be your premium and vice versa.
What can you do?
When you buy health insurance, you must disclose all about your health-related status in the proposal form. You can also tell impending procedures in this form for the insurer to accept or reject. Therefore, you need to mention all your medical history at the time of buying health insurance.
Keeping the above two points in mind, here is what you can do to avoid your drinking water habits from impacting your health insurance:
1. Drink adequate water
Drinking adequate water can help you improve your gut health, improve immunity, regulate your weight and keep diseases at bay. Drinking around four litres of water daily is vital for your body to function well.
2. Ensure your drinking water is clean
Another important aspect is to ensure that your drinking water is germ-free. You can use RO or UV purifiers depending on the region you stay in, and this will help you keep water-borne diseases like Typhoid at bay.
3. Treat water-borne diseases and dehydration at their initial stage
If you are suffering from dehydration or water-borne disease, it is better to visit a healthcare professional and seek medical advice earlier. You can also change your habits by drinking water from time to time. These days, there are ample mobile applications that can help you regularise your water drinking habits. You can use them to remind you of drinking water, check your required hydration level as per your weight and more.
Taking these preventive and corrective steps can help you maintain health, and this can, in turn, help your medical history to remain good during your health insurance application.
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