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So that time back in my Army days when I collapsed from dehydration, I'm guessing the solution that was forced on me -- sit on this rock and chug two full cante

• 893helios 9y ago
  Possibly, you're not dead so it worked. The better solution would have been ORS, and water. In the military and other physically demanding activities with a culture of water drinking, a concern can be hyponatremia.
  • jcadam 9y ago
    Ah, I'm told I spent a good portion of the remainder of that day in a state of incoherence and delirium. I also slept for 12 hours... I'm able to code nowadays, so apparently I didn't fry my brain too much :)
    • pbhjpbhj 9y ago
      Perhaps you fried your brain just right.
• mathgeek 9y ago
  I recall being taught (public school system) roughly 20 years ago that "we used to think salt was good for countering dehydration if you were stranded in the desert, but now we know that plain water is better." This isn't necessarily false (water is likely better than pure salt), but I wonder if we threw the baby out with the bathwater at the time as far as salt was concerned.
• taneq 9y ago
  > I'm guessing the solution that was forced on me [...] was probably not the best idea? Indeed, it wasn't a solution!
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  • davak 9y ago
    Underrated reply for the chemistry pun. As a physician we do occasionally see folks die from hyponatremia (low salt) from overly correcting dehydration with water. It’s a terrible tragedy.
• ars 9y ago
  > was probably not the best idea? Plain water still works fine. It's just slower.