January/February 2004
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Ileostomy And Salt
The salt output from an Ileostomy is very high, around one teaspoon per day, as opposed to none in the feces of a person with an intact colon. Therefore, the proper intake of salt by an ileostomate is very important. The body, however, seems to compensate for the salt and water loss by discharging less salt than normal through the urinary tract and through perspiration. The intake of too much salt is to be avoided, in that it increases ileal output. Urine output is generally less in an ileostomate. Therefore, it would be advisable for an ileostomate to increase his or her water intake above normal so as to increase urine output. In this way, the possibility of kidney stone development can be kept to a minimum.
So, DRINK LOTS OF WATER!!
SOURCE: Greater Cincinnati Chapter, Via Reroute, Evansville, IN., Via Metro Halifax News, December 2003, via Inside Out On-line Jan/Feb 2004.
Oops!!
A man comes into emergency and yells "My wife is going to have her baby in the cab!!"
I grabbed my stuff, rushed out to the cab, lifted the lady's dress and began to take off her underwear.
Suddenly I noticed there were several cabs, and I was in the wrong one!!
Dr. Mark McDonald
San Antonio, Texas
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