What it is
A fall in blood sodium during or after prolonged activity, often related to fluid intake exceeding losses.
Typical clinical symptoms
- Headache, nausea, bloating or confusion
- Vomiting, drowsiness or abnormal behaviour
- Seizures or loss of consciousness in severe cases
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Scientific literature
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Statement of the Third International Exercise-Associated Hyponatremia Consensus Development Conference, Carlsbad, California, 2015.
Clinical guideline / consensus · 2015
Sports Injuries
When is medical assessment needed?
Deformity or an open wound after trauma, immediate loss of function, disproportionate pain with a tense segment, neurological weakness, worsening symptoms after a head impact, collapse during exertion, confusion in heat and very dark urine after exercise require emergency assessment.
Descriptions are for orientation. Diagnosis follows history, clinical examination and, only when indicated, imaging or laboratory tests.
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