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What deficiency do you get from the loss of salt from sweating?
2000 grams
What are muscular pains and spasms due to the loss of salt from sweating?
heat cramps :)
Why drinking large volumes of plain water after exercising may effect the salt balance in the body?
Muscle Cells Can Get L0nger And Shorter !
What causes salt on your skin when you sweat?
Sweat contains a large amount of sodium- this is why sports drinks contain salt (electrolytes) to help you replace the salt that you lose when sweating during physical exertion.
Does the skin excrete salt?
no, it excretes sweat which contains a form of salt
Is it a bad thing to lose salt from sweating?
no, sweating is good. it realeses poisons from your body
Why salt appear on body after sweating?
The salt is in the sweat. When the water evaporates it leave behind the salt.
What is a mechanism of heat loss by the skin?
Diaphoresis, sweating
How does the body lose salt ions?
It is possible by sweating (transpiration).
What effect does salt have in a sports drink?
I have been told that salt helps with muscle cramps caused by build up of lactic acid in the legs for example. It is also said that the salt in sports drinks replace some of the electrolytes we loose during playing sport through sweating.
Why would an overactive thyroid cause weight loss sweating and elevated heart rate?
Overactive thyroid gland increase the basal metabolic rate. This leads to weight loss, sweating and elevated heart rate.
What form of perspiration causes rapid water loss from burned skin?
Sweating
