Friday, 7 August 2009

Ageing and dryness

As I grow older, I notice that my body has a tendency to become dry more quickly than earlier, that I tire more easily, that tiredness has something to do with lack of water in the system, that tiredness can be countered by drinking water, and that I need, in general, more water to keep going.

My mind also flashes to the observation, which I must have made less than consciously at the time, that my mother, as she approached the end of her life, also suffered more and more from dryness.

Has any research been done on the relationship between dryness and tiredness, and between ageing and dryness?