After Drinking excessive water

[Kabutar111]

A 23-year-old man is brought to the Emergency Department after collapsing during basketball practice. On admission he is lethargic and appears confused. His coach reports that it was hot in the gym and he was drinking a lot of water during practice. An increase in which of the following is the most likely cause of his symptoms?

Intracellular tonicity
Extracellular tonicity
Intracellular volume
Extracellular volume
Plasma volume

[vna.rao22]

intra cellular volume? addition of only water--> hypoosmolality of ECF--> water moves into the cell.

[Casandra]

I agree with vna.rao22 - intracellular volume

he was sweating so he was loosing hypotonic fluid -> became slightly hipertonic -> drank a lot of hypotonic fluid -> became hypotonic in ECF -> water moved to ICF (brain cells swell->confusion).

That's why they created isotonic fluids

[Kabutar111]

Originally Posted by Casandra

I agree with vna.rao22 - intracellular volume

he was sweating so he was loosing hypotonic fluid -> became slightly hipertonic -> drank a lot of hypotonic fluid -> became hypotonic in ECF -> water moved to ICF (brain cells swell->confusion).

That's why they created isotonic fluids

Boy O boy you make me jealous

[Renaissance]

im gonna say increased extracellular tonicity

[Kabutar111]

Originally Posted by Renaissance

im gonna say increased extracellular tonicity

Why you think so buddy ?

[anomali]

Originally Posted by vna.rao22

intra cellular volume? addition of only water--> hypoosmolality of ECF--> water moves into the cell.

I agree with u.....obtundation may be due to cerebral edema