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Dr. Bruce wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>
>> On 2021-05-03 6:08 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>> On 5/3/2021 10:28 AM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Â*Â* A diuretic is a medication that stimulates the body to
>>>>> reverse the process, by making the kidneys work hard so
>>>>> you pee more. More pee reduces fluid retention = rapid
>>>>> weight loss.
>>>>>
>>>>> Â*Â* Janet.
>>>>
>>>> Depends... water weighs about 8.5 pounds per gallon.Â* Actually
>>>> most water loss is through perspiration and respiration, it's
>>>> difficult to urinate a gallon in a relatively short time.
>>>>
>>> You've obviously not known someone who was hospitalized for a
>>> serious heart condition.Â* Diuretics are prescribed to reduce and
>>> prevent fluid build up around the heart (among other places in the
>>> body).Â* My SO has to take diuretics.Â* He hates it because they
>>> make him have to urinate all the damn time but excess fluid in the
>>> pericardium can be extremely dangerous.
>>>

>>
>> They sure do make you pee a lot. When I was in the hospital I had to
>> pee into a bottle so the could measure it. They monitored liquid in
>> and liquid out. I had to go for a cardiogram one day. The procedure
>> should only have taken about 20 minutes, but it was longer than that
>> because I had to stop to pee three times during it.

>
> Keep us posted, Dave.
>


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