Re: Medical question: Definitions of heat sickness
Not really true, I had plenty of salt the night before and was eating
salted nuts and beef jerky on the beginning of the trail. Also my
hiking water was 1...
James Hayford 2009-07-16 11:13:06 #56385
Re: Medical question: Definitions of heat sickness
Yes Randy, that was my experience. For the next two days in DC I
drank gallons of GatorAid Endurance which is supposed to have 3x's
the Potassium and 2X...
James Hayford 2009-07-16 11:07:38 #56384
Re: Medical question: Definitions of heat sickness
Wow. This is interesting and good info to know.
So the Cortisone (steroids) basically shifts the normal hyponutremia and bonking curves down to much lower...
Bessie Hyde 2009-07-16 10:39:49 #56383
Re: Medical question: Definitions of heat sickness
It sounds to me like you didn't eat any salty food and the water went through you taking all your electrolytes with it. No wonder you bonked.
--- On Thu,...
Normhikes 2009-07-16 10:08:05 #56382
Re: Medical question: Definitions of heat sickness
I ran into a "death-defying" situation a couple of weeks ago which
threw me for a loop. I was going to ask Doc if he was familiar with
this, and possibly...
James Hayford 2009-07-16 10:02:08 #56381
Re: Medical question: Definitions of heat sickness
Not with a medical background like Doc, but responding to some
specific points in your story:
"They revived the woman with the water, ..."
"She arrived in...
Doug Nering 2009-07-16 08:17:29 #56380
Re: Car descends in pieces to Toroweap
I like reading the NPS Morning Reports at: http://home.nps.gov/applications/morningreport/, and I am always amazed at the number of suicides that take place...
hikernut_lane 2009-07-16 07:27:51 #56379
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