Originally Posted by miamijim

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:



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:

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?