Not that long ago there was a college initiation where they made a guy chug gallons of water and he died from water intoxication..the others were charged with manslaughter...now recently a woman died in a contest to see who could chug the most water (to win a playstation for her three kids) I would have never guessed you could die from it!!! How many of you knew????
2007-01-22 01:14:02 · 11 answers · asked by impromptu_57 4 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
Yeah, I knew about it. Obviously, it is not a common problem since the medical community is constantly bombarding the public with messages about drinking MORE water. As a population, we are dehydrated. Nonetheless, the clowns that put this together were totally irresponsible for not researching the consequences of this "contest."
2007-01-22 01:19:44 · answer #1 · answered by kathy_is_a_nurse 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I knew, and I have never studied medicine. I just picked it up somewhere along the way that you can't abuse your body with too much of anything - we all know about Gatorade and electrolytes - but I will tell you for absolute certain:
If I were to actually hold a competition of this kind, which would never occur, I would google it. But they didn't have to because many people including medical professionals told them how dangerous it was and that people could die.
I can't fathom how all of those people kept on with it without hesitation.
2007-01-22 03:07:42 · answer #2 · answered by justagirl33552 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have known since I learned about the salinity balance of cells in a biology class. When too much water is put into your system in a short time period, the salt in your cells will travel to the surrounding liquid to try and balance the salinity. The term "water-logged" is the beginning of water intoxication.
2007-01-22 02:00:51 · answer #3 · answered by KS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've known it for a long time. I heard years ago regarding an initiation. I still can't believe that no one at the radio station, none of the contestants, and no listeners knew about this.
2007-01-22 01:29:20 · answer #4 · answered by i have no idea 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The authorities.
2007-01-22 02:36:11 · answer #5 · answered by robert m 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah and what a nasty way to go, your cells can literally explode/ screws up your sodium levels and sometimes blood plasma levels. also Cerebral edema [which] is an excess accumulation of water in the intra- and/or extracellular spaces of the brain. (water on the brain).
2007-01-22 01:37:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im with you I always heard drink more water, drink more waterIts very sad and Most people thought you could never drink to much water.
2007-01-22 12:59:30 · answer #7 · answered by butterflyspy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I knew, too. It stands to reason, if you drink too much of anything, you stand the risk of intoxication.
2007-01-22 01:23:35 · answer #8 · answered by rustybones 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard about it several years ago, but I don't know from where.
2007-01-22 03:17:57 · answer #9 · answered by Steven D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I knew
2007-01-22 01:21:07 · answer #10 · answered by Mopar Muscle Gal 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋