I saw this article in
Outside Magazine Online and was shocked to find the theory my friends and I had for having puffy hands while hiking wasn't completely wrong but it wasn't totally correct either. We had always thought that our blood was settling in our hands because we hung our arms below our heart while hiking causing our hands to puff up so the thing to do to cure this condition was to raise our hands above our head to let the blood flow back down into other parts of our body.
WOW, OUR THEORY WAS PARTIALLY CORRECT...actually, there is a condition called
hyponatremia which makes a hiker's hands puff up,
but only hikers whose bodies are low on a vital substance their body needs. If you want to know what it is click on the link below.
http://www.outsideonline.com/fitness/fitness-coach/Why-Do-My-Hands-Puff-Up-on-Long-Hikes.html
