Hydration/Nutrition

Prevention and Treatment of Youth Sport Injuries
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Nutrition values vary from person to person due to differences in body weight and activity level. Athletes should consume adequate dietary sodium at meals when physical activity occurs in hot environment. Changes in body weight, urine color, and thirst offer cues for the need for rehydration. progressed signs of Exertional Hyponatremia are nausea, vomitting, dizziness, muscular twitching, peripheral tingling or swelling, headache, disorientation, altered mental status, physical exhaustion, pulmonary edema, seizures, and cerebral edema.

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