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THE EFFECT OF SALT LOADING DIET ON THE INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE
Author(s) -
SHAPIRO AMIRAM,
SHAPIRO YAIR,
UDASSIN RAPHAEL,
SHOENFELD YEHUDA,
KONIKOFF FRED
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1982.tb05779.x
Subject(s) - intraocular pressure , sodium , medicine , blood pressure , relative humidity , zoology , chemistry , surgery , biology , meteorology , physics , organic chemistry
Salt tablets are habitually ingested by some people while doing physical exercise in hot climate, in order to prevent sodium depletion. The effect of supplementary salt on the intraocular pressure was investigated on 5 healthy acclimatized subjects who rode a bicycle ergometer at temperature of 35°C and relative humidity of 40%. A significant decrease of 1.0 mmHg in their mean intraocular pressure was detected when 10.2 gm NaCl was added daily to the normal diet. The pressure reduction was associated with changes of the body fluid balance.