Re: [at-l] AT at Max Patch & Iodine & Preview

["W F Thorneloe, MD" <thornel@ibm.net>]

That wasn't the iodine, that was your muscles that died. You over-exerted, 
were dehydrated, and had a concentrated urine with myoglobin 
(myoglobinuria). Actually this can be dangerous as the protein can 
interfere with kidney filtration, and lead to kidney failure. This is not 
good. My first experience with this was personal, bicycling from Richmond 
to Williamsburg one hot July weekend in 1976. It made me a major fan of 
water and Stroh's beer for years! It can get bad enough for hemoglobinuria, 
broken red blood cells and blood in urine.

All the more reason to keep a focus on hydration as we go hiking these hot 
summer days.

OrangeBug
Atlanta, GA

At 02:24 PM 7/15/1999 -0400, Sam Teel wrote:
>I guess this iodine stuff gets into your bloodstream and your body 
>purifies it out via the kidneys or something.  When I stepped an 
>appropriate distance from my campsite for that good morning relief, I 
>discovered the stream I produced was bright orange!

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