The liver is not receiving the amino acid supplies it needs to synthesize plasma proteins. Therefore, there is a decreased blood protein concentration so that there is great accumulation of tissue fluid (i.e. edema) (414).
Your blood viscosity will increase so that there will be and increase in resistance (418). Naturally, on a very hot, dry day, you will eventually die.
The other areas of the skin will experience a decline in flow, or vasoconstriction (420, 428). The difference is probably due to different receptors on the smooth muscles of the facial vessels.
Severe diarrhea, as in cholera, clearly has excess water and thus will induce dehydration (438).
The end diastolic volume will decrease and, according to the Frank-Starling Law, this will lead to a reduction in stroke volume (409).
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