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Councils for the digestive confusions during the Marathon of Sand
The realization of an effort prolonged in thermic atmosphere raised in a foreign country with a limited hygiene is going to favour largely the appearance of digestive confusions at the competitors.
The choice of the taken food and their absorption limited and spread during the race with a true meal over the bivouac accompanied with water and with salt to favour the hydration are small advices already known by most of you. The hygiene of hands in particular which seems naturally difficult to respect can avoid the inter-human transmission of germs responsible for sometimes serious digestive confusions. Of the simple fact of your effort of the traumatism repeated on your "digestive tract" and an almost compulsory dehydration can pull a digestive discomfort to meadows of half of you.
We invite you to limit or to practise with the biggest caution the auto medication and in every case to worry us part if you are brought to consult us. Indeed doses accumulated by certain products in a context of dehydration and of effort can be extremely harmful both on the digestive plan and on the general state. It is the reason for which we moreover supplied you with a medical card follow-up allowing us to avoid these incidents.
In the presence of nausea and / or of vomits: attention it already limits the liquidiens contributions and it is quickly necessary to take antiémitiques which will allow you to continue your hydration which must be the most regular possible. Don't hesitate to ask to us for them.
In case of diarrhoea, it increases naturally the liquidiennes losses of your body with there also a risk of dehydration and we have medicines which decrease the digestive secretions, which slow down the transit and the "digestive healing products". If you notice some blood or if you think of having temperature, it is imperative to speak to us about it quickly.
The abdominal pains which accompany most of these digestive confusions can be treated by anti-spasmodic. You can also have « gastric burns » often activated by your effort and favoured by the grip of aspirin or anti-inflammatory drugs. It is imperative to stop any medicines which can be toxic and to take "bandages".
As you can notice it, all these digestive confusions except the discomfort which they entail, can have an echo mattering on your physical performances and must be thus handled and taken care very prematurely to help you continue this magnificent adventure.
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