How much water do you have to drink in order to "drown yourself" to death?!


Question: How much water do you have to drink in order to "drown yourself" to death!?
me and my mom were just talking about it and i was curious!.Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
Are you talking about when your kidney's shut down because you drank too much!? When people "chug" gallons of water their kidneys can shut down!.

It varies from person to person how much it actually takes though!. There is no "set amount" just know that if you chug water in huge quantities, over a quart at a time, then you are at risk!. Drinking more than a gallon a day is probably not going to kill you (unless you already have compromised kidneys,) but if you chug it all at one time, then it can!.

Your body may not be able to handle an overload of anything!. Moderation, moderation, moderation!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Okay !.!.!. that's not "drowning yourself" if you're drinking the water!.

It's called "water intoxication", and usually people die from drinking more than 3 gallons in the space of a few minutes!. It's nearly always in water-drinking contests!.

On January 12, 2007, Jennifer Strange, a 28-year-old woman and a mother of 3, from Rancho Cordova, California, was found dead in her home by her mother hours after trying to win one of Nintendo's Wii game consoles in KDND 107!.9 "The End" radio station's "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" contest, which involved drinking large quantities of water without urinating!. No criminal charges were pressed!.[6] The Federal Communications Commission has launched its own investigation to determine if the station violated the terms of its operating license!.

On October 12, 2002, 3-year-old Rosita Gonzalez died of water intoxication when her babysitter Nancy Gayoso punished her by forcing her to drink three quarts (2!.8 liters) of water in a four-hour period!.[7][8] Gayoso was charged and arrested for murder in the first degree on March 10, 2003!. After being declared incompetent to stand trial in 2004 and 2005,[9] Gayoso was found competent on March 26, 2007!.

Leah Betts[10] died on the 16th of November 1995 after taking an ecstasy tablet at her 18th birthday party and subsequently drinking too much water; the case received mass media coverage throughout the United Kingdom, which focused on the dangers of ecstasy and rather overlooked the actual cause of death!.

In a much-publicized case of fraternity hazing, four members of the Chi Tau (formerly Delta Sigma Phi) House at California State University, Chico pleaded guilty to forcing 21-year-old student Matthew Carrington to drink excessive amounts of water while performing calisthenics in a frigid basement as part of initiation rites on February 2, 2005!.[11] He collapsed and died of heart failure due to water intoxication!.

On September 12, 1999, US Air Force basic trainee Michael J!. Schindler died of heat stroke, severely complicated by water intoxication, two days after becoming seriously ill during a 5!.8 mile march!. The Air Force changed its recruit training procedures as a result!.[12]

Other notable fatalities due to water intoxication include Andy Warhol, Anna Wood, [13] 2002 Boston Marathon competitor Cynthia Lucero,[14] and Washington, D!.C!. police officer James McBride!.[15]Www@FoodAQ@Com

I think it's called hyponatremia, when you dilute the salts in your body too much to function properly!. It takes a large amount, like a gallon or two in a short amount of time!. This happened after a radio show where the prize was awarded to the person who could drink the most water without peeing!. I don't recall if the young woman (perfectly healthy) won, but she went home and died within a few hours!. Water intoxication is nothing to play around with; it isn't an appropriate contest stunt or fraternity hazing ritual!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Just a couple of inches is enough to kill you!.

If you happen to inhale enough water into your lungs, you can also die of secondary drowning up to 3 days after the initial "drowning" experience!. This happened recently to a boy who was in a pool, and wound up dying in his sleep!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

It depends on your size, activity level and any medical conditions you have,two and a half litres has caused at least one death!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

It depends on if you have a heart condition or not, that is why fluid restrictions are put into place!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

2 tabelspoons is what ive always heardWww@FoodAQ@Com

not muchWww@FoodAQ@Com





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