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Causes of dehydration in children. 1  Dehydration is most often caused by a viral infection that causes fever, diarrhoea, vomiting and a decreased ability to drink or eat. 2  Common viral infections causing vomiting and diarrhoea include rotavirus or winter vomiting disease (norovirus). 3  Sometimes sores in a child's mouth caused by a virus make it 4  ... Mor
Symptoms and signs of dehydration include increasing thirst, dry mouth, weakness or lightheadedness (particularly if worse on standing), and a darkening of the urine or a decrease in urination. Severe dehydration can lead to changes in the body's chemistry and kidney failure which may be life-threatening. Dehydration due to diarrhea is a major cause of morbidity (disease) and mortality (death) in children. The young child has a more rapid turnover of body fluids than an adult. In rehydrating a child, there is less margin for error than for an adult.