Can you drink yourself to death with water?

Question

Or would it clean your insides .

Answer 1

Yup; see the attached news article. It's not that common - but it IS possible.

Answer 2

Depends on what it is, people have drank themselves to death with alcohol, thou that's more of an overdose issue... Still, people who eat too much and become grossly obese also can suffer fatal health issues, thou this is not what you're after either, still these are two of the definite possibilities. Another oddity is when it is really hot outside and someone drinks too much water, this combination can at times prove fatal but once again it is not the mere over consumption that causes it, but a combination of factors. Probably I think it is possible in a weird or rare case that if someone ate or drank way too much, assuming there are no other factors involved (such as poisoning et al), yes I think it is possible the body in the odd case may not expunge the excess and that one could die from it, thou if this is possible then it would be very rare. There do exist people out there who, for some reason their body doesn't always puke when it should, not sure if this is normal but there exist no medical explanations for this type of dilemma so it is not a disease nor is it anything wrong, just rare. You'd want to consult with a doctor, perhaps there are some onboard, but I think the possibility exists, just that it is remote and in most cases the answer is no. So, you're both right, I do believe.

Answer 3

Hope this helps for the source see below "Kelly Barrett, a 43-year-old pediatric dentist from Littleton, Colorado, died of a condition known as hyponatremia after drinking too much water during the 1998 Chicago marathon. Hyponatremia, AKA water intoxication, occurs when the body's salt and water levels get dangerously out of balance, leading to swelling of the brain and leakage of fluid into the lungs. It can occur when athletes, hikers, etc., sweat heavily, losing both salt and water, but replace only water. Diagnostic signs: dizziness, disorientation, headaches, extreme fatigue, death. Prevention: salty snacks and sports drinks. "

Answer 4

It's possible, but not probable. For people with chronic heart failure, if they drink too much water it makes their heart work too hard and it just stops beating. Or, their lungs fill up with fluid and either kills them or gives them pneumonia, which can also kill you. Or if a person has weak kidneys, if could send them into kidney failure. All in all, if a healthy person drinks "too much water" it will temporarily mess up the electrolytes. If you eat healthy, they will return to normal within a couple of days. Normal, active, healthy people, as a whole, do not drink enough water.

Answer 5

The electrolytes in your body need to be maintained at the correct concentration within certain limits. Outside of these limits a lot of basic functions that keep cells alive and functioning will not work. So, if you either drastically reduce or increase the concentration of electrolytes by taking in insufficient or too much water you will die.
So, yes, if you drink far too much water you can kill yourself.

Answer 6

Everything is poisonous. Only the dosage varies: what we usually call poisons are the ones that work in relatively lower doses.

But you can get water poisoning -if you try real hard. Try pure water, though. Most of the water you drink has an acceptable mineral content that could get in the way.

Answer 7

Yes but on the assumption that you are not under the influence of drugs then you'd give up before your body exploded. If on drugs then your brain doesn't tell you to stop then in theory yes, but it does take a lot of water and some very unqiue circumstances for it to happen.

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Answer 10

Yes. Most ecstacy pill deaths are cause by drinking too much water because the extra fluid puts pressure on the brain as it travels through cappillaries that are already widened from the effects of the drug.

Answer 11

Yes you can. Many deaths of psychiatric patients have been attributed to water intoxication. Death is due to sodium and potassium imbalance thereby inducing cardiac arrythmias and ultimately cardiac arrest. But this would require many litres of water, and is usually seen in psychiatry.