beachpeddler, thanks for the insult. You are obviously missing the point. That link said dehydration leading to an increase in Hct. is often accompanied by electrlyte imbalances. Isnt that what I said?
Heres my quote:
I'm just saying it takes alot of fluid lose to raise a persons Hct. up. So much that it would be detrimental to a persons athletic performance if you didnt re-hydratye yourself.
So lets see, I do say dehydration will leads to higher Hct., just like your link, and I do say there will be a decrease in athletic performance. This is due to an electrlyte imbalance, just like your link. Where exactly am I differing from that link?
Dehydration will raise a persons Hct. (I'm not back tracking here) but it absolutley does not increase a persons oxygen carrying capabilites....NOT POSSIBLE therefore there is no increase in performance. PERIOD.
I can, and would be more than willing to throw all of the pertinent formulas for calculating all of this to you, but I dont know what I'm talking about because I'm only a nurses aid. keep diagnosing yourself on the internet and I'll diagnos myself with MD's who know what their talking about and who follow cycling.
And if I may quote you:
One of the main causes for low potassium is taking diuretics.
So according to your statement a diuretic cause a decreases in intravascular volume (dehydration) and therefore it leads to a low K but in the lab values listed the K is normal so how can the person be dehydrated?