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Maybe there is some basis in racing and showing about not giving horses to 
drink too much at one time. Maybe the knowlege goes back in some fact, that 
the ablility  to know when enough is enough. Some sort of satuation 
princip;e in effect here.  I kknow if I wait to long to drink on a hot day, 
I seem to  drink to much till it hurts. And still 'seem' thirsty. . .    
Laurie

> At least with people, the greater the imbalance of sodium and water, the
> greater the effect of the brain and ability to reason. The more they drink,
> the more they want to drink. It's terrible to have to turn off the water
> supply to a room in the hospital and post a staff member to keep the 
> patient
> from drinking while they try so hard to convince you that if they could 
> just
> have a little sip.......then you have to lock the bathroom door because 
> they
> are drinking from the toilet.
>
> Watch "Bringing Out The Dead" with Nicolas Cage. There's a water 
> intoxicator
> in the movie.
>
> Maggie>
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> > I am not sure of the particulars regarding Adios death, however, it has
> not
> > been altogether uncommon for people to suffer problems associated with
> > hyponatremia.  Hyponatremia is a low sodium concentration in the blood.
> > Water basically follows sodium into body compartments.  Loss of sodium 
> in
> > sweat, particularly in people who have borderline low sodium in the 
> blood,
> > and/or people who tend to overdrink and have a somewhat dilute sodium
> > concentration in the blood, or people who genetically have very salty
> > sweat, or combinations of these problems may develop a very low sodium
> > concentration in the blood, leading to severe edema, central nervous
> system
> > dysfunction, coma, even death.  Several triathletes and other endurance
> > athletes have been suffering problems recently.  In one case a young 
> woman
> > literally changed before the viewers eyes as water moved from the blood
> > compartment to the interstitium area between cells.  After the bike
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> [RC]
> [Guest] Adios
> >                       ridecamp-owner@xxxxxx
> >                       durance.net
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> >                       09/18/2003 08:26 AM
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