So, i hit the wall! I dont know if it was the sun or the heat, but i spent an hour in joshua tree welcome center eating salted nuts and sipping water. My butt was kicked.
I eventually recovered and took a slow ride thru the park.
Micheal, looks like de-hydratation symptoms. With sweat, your not only loosing water, but salts (or electrolytes).
Do you remember a tread, here, about importance of re-hydratation ? Gatorade ?
There are some product to help you rehydrate, in powder or tablets, like Hydralyte, Gastrolyte, etc, available in pharmacy.
No store around ? Maybe others campers can have a first aid kit with them and help you.
Look for a small family, a mother with kids. She probably is well prepared for any kind of emergency. Or an ex-military.
Take it seriously, please.
If you loose to much of those salts, even if you drink, it won't help much to re-hydrate you. You also need those salts, so the body's chemistry and metabolism could work as it should.
One of those product is called Gastrolyte. It does the same job: after a gastro, you also need to bring your electrolytes back to normal.
De-hydratation is a serious thing.
Symptoms are :
- feeling thirsty.
- dark yellow and strong-smelling pee.
- feeling dizzy or lightheaded.
- feeling tired... no energy at all...
- a dry mouth, lips and eyes.
- peeing little, and fewer than 4 times a day.
In more severe cases, you can also have : fever, delirium, inconsciousness.
No joke Micheal. I think you need some friendly help from someone, there.
Water alone might not be enough. I've been there before. I know.
I got a bad gastro, ounce, on a holiday trip, away from home.
In the span of 12 hours, I lost so much water (even if I was drinking a lot to compensate), I finally lost consciousness and ended up in ambulance and in hospital.
Was so weak, I could barely move, and for two days, couldn't stay up, on my legs.
Please, keep up posted.
