Would a blood test on the deceased show an electrolyte imbalance?
Apparently that's what it did show. Isn't hyponatremia by definition an electrolyte imbalance? Insufficient sodium?
I wouldn't lend too much credence to his self diagnosis of dehydration. Thinking he was dehydrated when he was not is consistent with drinking too much. He was probably sweating and peeing like crazy, and may have assumed he was dehydrating. I think we had a report of
(link) possible hyponatremia induced by a similar misunderstanding here recently.
