How much salt in grams would someone with high blood pressure have to eat in a day to reach near death. And what would be the symtoms of the salt induced sickness?
2006-07-30 10:06:41 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
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2006-07-30 10:13:21 · update #1
Yes. In several senses. The goverment reccomends no more than 6g of salt a day for an adult [1]. If you eat more than this is can cause heart dissease.
Salt given in large doses at once can also cause serious problems to other organs in your body including your brain and kidneys. There was a court case a few years ago where a couple were on trial for allegedly poisening their adopted son by feeding him 4 teaspoons of salt! [2]
So, yes, salt can kill.
2006-07-30 10:14:58 · answer #1 · answered by Tom C 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, it doesn't kill. The poor foster parents accused of murdering their child by salt overdose would confirm that.
Suffering from high blood pressure you would have to consume way above 6 gramms per day for quite a while.
Too force feed someone the 10.4 gramms that was supposed to have killed young christian has no been shown to be nonesense and if you try it oyurself all you will do is vomit it back up.
I do not suggest that you do though, as this is not a nice taste and i'd hate to be proven wrong with a court case.
check out
http://www.msbp.com/forum/about5.html
for the unfortuante story of the young boys death
2006-07-30 17:15:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Son's bizarre death in salt case
Jeremy Britton
BBC News
David Stocker's death from salt poisoning was sudden and unexpected.
The nine-year-old had spent seven months suffering from a mystery illness that baffled doctors at both his local hospital in Hornchurch, Essex, as well as the world famous Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.
Petrina Stocker
Petrina Stocker denied poisoning her nine year-old son
But his death followed a series of unusual events which made doctors and nurses increasingly suspicious that his mother, Petrina, was deliberately tampering with David's samples and medical equipment in an attempt to fabricate symptoms that were not really there.
Some of David's urine samples seemed to have had blood clots added on top of them.
The vomit samples his mother showed to staff also appeared odd - sometimes looking like blackcurrant juice or smelling minty.
And on two occasions his intravenous drip appeared to have been adjusted and a white powdery substance added.
Disastrous miscalculation
When nurses asked Petrina if they could watch David pass urine she refused, saying he was too embarrassed.
When nurses suggested moving David closer to their nursing station she again refused, saying it would make him upset.
Petrina Stocker's final attempt to deceive the doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital proved to be a disastrous miscalculation, the court was told.
In August 2001 she allegedly went into the communal kitchen area and scooped teaspoons of table salt into the bottles containing her son's milk feed.
The prosecution claim she had no intention to kill David, saying that in all likelihood it was another ruse to keep the doctors guessing about his symptoms. Within a few days he was dead.
I'm gone say it depends on your size probably somewhere around 12-14 tablespoons.
2006-07-30 17:14:24 · answer #3 · answered by kockyguitarrockr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blood pressure or not, salt can kill by dehydrating the body. People go crazy get delusional, then die. Read up on people who were lost a sea, and drank salt water, after that it was pretty much a death sentence.
2006-07-30 17:12:03 · answer #4 · answered by 345Grasshopper 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do you need to know?
In case this was a serious question someone with high BP should follow the DASH diet. Do a web search for more details. Join the Yahoo! blood pressure group.
There is a book about this. It is clinically proven to work.
The Dash Diet for Hypertension (Mass Market Paperback)
by Thomas Moore and others.
You can get it at Amazon. Worth every penny.
2006-07-30 17:10:05 · answer #5 · answered by Storm Rider 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The body's reaction to a raised salt level is to make you thirsty and so dilute it and cause you to excrete the salt. IF your kidneys do not work properly then salt can kill you only if you deny the thirst. A high blood pressure causes long term damage to kidneys, heart and blood vessels and can cause a stroke in susceptable people
2006-07-30 17:24:07 · answer #6 · answered by cate 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Common salt(sodium chloride) is supposed to increase B.P.But now there is a thinking that all BP is not salt sensitive.If you are having BP reduce common salt intake to 2 gm per day.Better replace it with low sodium salt or Pottassium Chloride(made from rocks)Tastes same but harmless
If you take too much salt you may vomit or thirsty.No body can be killed by giving salt.Those who are HAVING HIGH bp MAY FEEL DIZZY.
2006-07-31 06:16:56 · answer #7 · answered by leowin1948 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
y r u trying to assassinate someone?
uhh i think 500 milligrams a day increases ur risk of death. symptoms of consuming too much salt is vomiting
2006-07-30 17:10:28 · answer #8 · answered by Steve[n] 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
60 teaspoons of salt would kill someone, I cant remember how I found this out!
2006-07-30 18:36:50 · answer #9 · answered by magpyre 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask a Slug
2006-07-30 17:21:51 · answer #10 · answered by clair 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋