Re: Medical question: Definitions of heat sickness
LOL, "Rookie" still is probably an appropriate label when you
consider the fact that I had no idea of the side effects from a
spinal injection.
/\james
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James Hayford 2009-07-16 12:01:43 #56387
Re: Medical question: Definitions of heat sickness
Glad to hear that, as you didn't mention it in your original explanation. That would have been a rookie mistake and not one I would expect from you.
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Normhikes 2009-07-16 11:23:53 #56386
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.
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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
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