Exercise-Associated Hyponatremia

Statement of the 3rd International Exercise-Associated Hyponatremia Consensus Development Conference, Carlsbad, California, 2015

“…In addition, EAH has been reported in US professional and college American rules football players,40 41 and has led to the deaths of three US high school football players between 2008 and 2014 63 64 69. Symptomatic hyponatraemia has also been reported in a 48-year-old lawn bowler who was heterozygous for the Delta F508 CF mutation, although it is unclear if complete genetic analysis for all possible CF mutations was performed,81 as well as in a 34-year-old woman following a Bikram Yoga session82 and in a 39-year-old woman following a 2 h workout including tennis and weightlifting 83. Cases of symptomatic EAH have also been induced in two separate laboratory studies involving low-intensity exercise conducted in high ambient temperatures 84 85.…”

Exercise‐Associated Collapse: Is Hyponatremia in Our Head?

“…Besides the aforementioned 2 studies, most of the literature of EAH in nonendurance sports comes from case reports. There have been case reports published of a half marathon runner [23], a recreational tennis player [24], an open‐water swimmer [25], an American college football player [26], and an American professional football player [27] who all developed EAHE. There have also been at least 3 reports of high school football players who have died from complications of EAHE [2,28,29].…”

Are Habitual Hydration Strategies of Female Rugby League Players Sufficient to Maintain Fluid Balance and Blood Sodium Concentration During Training and Match-Play? A Research Note From the Field

“…Hyponatremia can lead to sub-optimal muscle function (16) and previous observations of a female tennis player have shown severe implications for health (21). Female athletes have been shown to have a greater prevalence of hyponatremia in comparison to males (24).…”