Belhaven, NC. Sponsored Topics. Belhaven is a town in Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,968 at the 2000 census. Belhaven is located in North Carolina's Inner Banks region. Belhaven is the hometown of singer Little Eva whose song The Loco-motion was a US #1 hit in 1962.
diuretic. adj. 1. (Pathology) acting to increase the flow of urine. n. 2. (Pharmacology) a drug or agent that increases the flow of urine.
Diuretics are medicines that aid the removal of sodium and water from the body. They work by removing chloride and sodium from the body in the urine; and the chloride and sodium in turn absorb extra water from the body. Diuretics are the most important drugs used in conventional medicine to get rid of water retention. They block sodium reabsorption, and by extension, increase the salt concentration of the urine enough to prevent the reabsorption of water into the body.