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Re: [RC] Hyponatremia - Bruce Weary DCSo Tom--I thought I would pose a few questions here rather than privately regarding hyponatremia as it relates to the endurance horse. Since these hard working horses are depleting their fluid and electrolyte reserves to varying degrees, how do we practice safe rehydration procedures so as to encourage ongoing high work tolerance, and avoid overhydration? What about the common practice of feeding large volumes of soaked beet pulp? Could that potentially cause a problem depending on where a given horse is metabolically or in his conditioning? Or is it not enough to worry about? Do we tend to overelectrolyte in this sport? I wonder now if I have often mistaken a horse's apparent declining energy, willingness to work and slowed recoveries with underelectrolyting rather than underfeeding, and thereby causing low blood glucose levels. Am I way off? Bruce Weary =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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