Can anything bad come from drinking too much water?

Question

I know it's bad not to drink enough, but what about too much? Does that rinse your system of certain chemicals, or anything like that?

Answer 1

Drinking too much water can remove eloctrolites which are the things that cause synapses. The slowing of synapses can cause muscle weakness, shaking, things like that. When that happens all you need to do it eat something salty which will help the body retain more of the water so you do not feel as weak.

Answer 2

It is actually possible to drink too much water.
You would have to drink a lot for it to have a negative effect - but it does happen. It dilutes the sodium levels in your bloodstream - particularly if you live in a very hot climate and are drinking lots of plain water while you are sweating.
The low sodium level results in brain swelling, reduced consciousness then fitting.

Answer 3

For the main area, faucet water that meets federal and state standards often secure to drink. The bathe is in basic terms yet another outlet related to an identical plumbing equipment on your domicile. in case you drink out of your sink faucet then you definately can drink from the bathe. One understand warning, if the plumbing equipment on your house is previous or to no longer code, ingesting from the faucet may well be risky. Rust or black coloured, lead pipes (long outlawed), pungent, etc. must be prevented. in case you do have lead pipes, heat water is way less secure to drink than chilly. in case you have self belief your water is risky have it examined.

Answer 4

No nothing bad will come of drinking too much water - save maybe having to pee all the time and they can interrupt your schedule.

I was drinking close to two gallons everyday over the summer and had the softest skin and hair. But fall has hit and I do not drink near the water I do in the summer and my skin is getting dry

Answer 5

yes you can drink too much water. Its alot and I know of noone who has but if you drink too much water you can have a water toxicity, an electrolyte imbalance that can be fatal. Its a huge amount of water. As a rule water is fine, as much as you wish to drink.

Answer 6

oh yes it can....

it's called hyponatremia or “water intoxication".

It's rare except among ecstasy users who tend to drink water constantly to combat heat and sweat...

It dilutes the sodium content in your blood and electrolyte levels.

It starts off as weakness and progresses through to brain damage, coma, and death.

OK, how do I get a thumbs down when all but one of the answers here are exactly the same? 'cause I mention drug use? It is most common in ppl that use drugs that raise body temperature. Anyway, here's a link to a short rundown on ecstacy use and hyponatremia.

http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/mdma/mdma_health_water.shtml

Answer 7

what ever dealing with "TOO MUCH" means you go beyond the STANDARD of perfection and this apply to everything in our life. Too Much water would definitely have the side effect especially the quality of drinking water which is not up to standard of what your body need or acceptable and even the quality of water is as per our body standard but TOO MUCH would regard with STORAGE and storage wold be relate to DIMENSION and so on and so on. The best is stick to LAW & REGULATION OF OUR BODY known as BODY SYSTEM .

Answer 8

yes you can over hydrate. Your cells could fill up and explode from too much water. there is balance for each person, you have to find your own.

Answer 9

yes it's bad to drink to much water and there is such thing as getting drunk from water and you'll get sick and throw up just like drinking alcohol

Answer 10

You can become water toxic and it alters your electrolytes.