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17세 고등학교 럭비선수인 소년은 훈련도중 7.5 리터의 액체를 마셨다고 한다. 그중 약 3리터는 물이었으며 나머지는 스포츠 음료인 게토레이드였다.
훈련이 끝나자 그는 심한 복통을 호소했고 집에 도척하자마자 의식을 잃었다. 가족을 통해 곧바로 병원으로 이송됐었다. 산소 호흡기를 통해 생명을 5일 동안 유지했지만 장치를 제거하지 곧바로 숨을 거두었다고 한다.
병원 관계자들은 수분과잉에 의한 뇌의 부기가 사망원이라고 결론을 내렸지만 공식적인 부검결과는 아직 발표되지 않은 상태다.
소년의 이모는 “그는 젊고 활기찬 아이였다. 그의 죽음이 이해가 안간다”며 소년의 죽음을 안타까워했다.
(코리아헤럴드 조한나 인턴기자 hnncho@heraldcorp.com)
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U.S. teen dies of over-hydration
A 17-year-old boy from Atlanta has died from over-hydration, according to news reports.
The boy, who was a high school rugby player, drank “four gallons of fluids -- two of water and two of Gatorade” -- while at practice one day.
The young player complained of a stomachache and collapsed as soon as he arrived home. He was brought immediately to the hospital and attached to ventilators for five days. After doctors said there was no brain activity, they took him off life support and he “quickly passed away.”
Doctors say that the teen’s brain was swollen due to over-hydration. However, the autopsy results have yet to be announced.
Devastated over the boy’s death, his aunt said that “the death of a healthy and vibrant young boy is incomprehensible.”
By Cho Han-na, Intern reporter (hnncho@heraldcorp.com)
U.S. teen dies of over-hydration
A 17-year-old boy from Atlanta has died from over-hydration, according to news reports.
The boy, who was a high school rugby player, drank “four gallons of fluids -- two of water and two of Gatorade” -- while at practice one day.
The young player complained of a stomachache and collapsed as soon as he arrived home. He was brought immediately to the hospital and attached to ventilators for five days. After doctors said there was no brain activity, they took him off life support and he “quickly passed away.”
Doctors say that the teen’s brain was swollen due to over-hydration. However, the autopsy results have yet to be announced.
Devastated over the boy’s death, his aunt said that “the death of a healthy and vibrant young boy is incomprehensible.”
By Cho Han-na, Intern reporter (hnncho@heraldcorp.com)
