To much water??

Question

is it possible to have too much water??

Answer 1

yes there is :)

Yes, there is a condition known as "water intoxication." It is usually associated with long distance events like running and cycling.

What happens is that as the athlete consumes large amounts of water over the course of the event, blood plasma (the liquid part of blood) increases. As this takes place, the salt content of the blood is diluted. At the same time, the athlete is losing salt by sweating. Consequently, the amount of salt available to the body tissues decreases over time to a point where the loss interferes with brain, heart, and muscle function.

The official name for this condition is hyponatremia. The symptoms generally mirror those of dehydration (apathy, confusion, nausea, and fatigue), although some individuals show no symptoms at all. If untreated, hyponatremia can lead to coma and even death.

Answer 2

Yes. There are a number of problems that can occur in you ingest too much water.

The primary one that causes problems is an electrolyte imbalance. By intaking too much water you end up diluting the vitamins and minerals that your body needs to function. Kind of like if you keep adding water to your radiator. It will keep working for a while, but eventually your car will need more cooling power than water can provide, the water will boil over, and your car will shut down.

Answer 3

Yes, it is called water intoxication (also known as hyperhydration or water poisoning) is a potentially fatal disturbance in brain function that results when the normal balance of electrolytes in the body is pushed outside of safe limits by a very rapid intake of water.


True health cannot occur without proper hydration of the body. We need to drink half our body weight in ounces minimum each day . For instance, if you weigh 200 lbs, you should consume 100 ounces of water. Every organ in the body heavily depends on water to function properly and to its capacity. We are mostly water. The human body is 69% water. The brain is 85% water, bones 35% water, blood 83% water and the liver 90% water.

Answer 4

Yes. You can die from drinking too much water. There was a report of tv some years back about after they started passing laws against hazing, some college fraternities had switched from making the pledges drink alcohol until they passed out to drinking as much water as they could. Gallons and gallons of water as fast as they could drink it. Some of them died or wound up in the hospital.

Answer 5

Answers to this question previously indicated that we should all be drinking about 2 liters (64 oz) a day, but that beyond 4 liters (barring extraordinary conditions like exercising in extreme heat) may be unhealthy.

Answer 6

It would take more water than the average person would consume...but yes, there is a point where too much water can harm you...

Read this http://www.hhp.ufl.edu/faculty/pbird/keepingfit/ARTICLE/toomuchwater.htm for more info.

Answer 7

You would have to drink a heck of a lot of water but it is possible, you'd feel like you were drunk

Answer 8

yes. you can actually kill yourself if you drink too much water in a day, but that is like drinking 10 gallons or something crazy like that.

Answer 9

In your body yes... if u have too much water in ur body.. you can drown yourself......i know that sounds crazy but its true!!

Answer 10

I think too much is too bad. Having around 4-5 liters is save i suppose. But too much is bad for digestion - it dilutes digestive juices. More over, u will be flushing out vital minerals too!!!