Water Intoxication?!
Water Intoxication?
Ever heard of anyone dying from this.
Answers:
Yes, drinking to much water can be dangerous.
To much water can cause a fatal disturbance in the brain function because the normal balance of electrolytes in the body is pused outside of safe limits.
Body fluids contain electrolytes (particularly sodium compounds, such as sodium chloride) in concentrations that must be held within very narrow limits. Water enters the body orally or intravenously and leaves the body primarily in the urine, sweat and by exhaled water vapour. If water enters the body more quickly than it can be removed, body fluids are diluted and a potentially dangerous shift in electrolyte balance occurs.
Water is good for you, but don`t over do it.
Source(s):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/water_intox...
Its all over the news. Some lady just did from a water drinking contest.
a ya some chic just did like a week ago from a contest on a radio station
Yeah, this morning, in fact! A radio station held a water drinking contest. The contestant died!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16614865/...
there have been 2 highly reported cases in california in the last few years. One in a hazing incident in Chico and one in a radio contest gone wrong in sacramento.
Yep, water intoxication is from the dilution of sodium in the body.
yeah on the news