Water loss associated with immensely sweating
Another means the body loses water is through sweating. When you have hypernatremia, you do not just sweat; you experience excessive sweating which is more than usual. Sweating means your body is actually responding to a particular thing. Could be your body is overworking itself and needs to cool itself down. This contributes to the dehydration you suffer when you have hypernatremia. Sweating a lot and excessively can cause thirst and dryness as you are losing more water than required in the body.