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[โ€“] Zannsolo 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Probably kidney failure

[โ€“] AngryCommieKender 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Happy Cakeday! ๐Ÿฐ๐ŸŽ‚

Kidney failure? Was he chugging wine and mead the whole way, or is that just a result of extreme dehydration?

[โ€“] Zannsolo 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Muscles break down kidneys get overwhelmed and go into failure. Sometimes (rarely) ultra marathoners will need dialysis and they are running a much shorter distance.

[โ€“] AngryCommieKender 2 points 2 months ago

Ahh! Gotcha. Fair enough. I suppose that's actually useful for me to know, thanks!

[โ€“] Agent641 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Rhabdo?

[โ€“] Zannsolo 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I dunno basically basing this off a bit of running knowledge and something I sorta remembered, probably from an episode of house or some other medical show. I also did a bit of quick googling to validate its a real thing.