Can you die from drinking too much water?

Question

I heard that if you drink too much water over a period of time you can die from water poisoning. Do you know anything about this?

Answer 1

Yes. We actually just had someone die from this. She entered a contest, hold your wee for a wii. She died the same night. Look it up on the net. Brain ends up swelling and water gets into the blood cells and dilutes them cause them to "drown" in water. It's scary but true.

Answer 2

Yes. If you drink too much water over a short period of time your brain will swell and you will die. So don't do it. Don't even think about doing it. Don't let anyone dare you into doing it and don't try to win any prize on at a radio station from doing it. For more information search Yahoo news with these words - died+water+radio station

Answer 3

Yes. It's called water intoxication. It is a 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. A woman recently died in a “Hold Your Wee for a Wii” contest at a radio station for drinking nearly 2 gallons of water in one sitting. This doesn't just go for water, too much of anything can be a bad thing.

Answer 4

Yes, a woman in California (I think California) was in a radio station contest last week to win a wii by drinking the most water without going to the bathroom. She died and the cause of death was ruled as 'water intoxication' . Her organs shut down and she died. The newscaster said this is not uncommon when drinking MASSIVE amounts of water at one sitting that your body cannot process it fast enough and that's why the organs shut down. She came in second in the contest. She was quite slender before the contest but some of the other contestants said she looked several months pregnant towards the end of it.

Answer 5

Yes, just last week a woman in a radio contest in California
died from drinking a large amount of water. It was a water
drinking contest.

Answer 6

Yes it is possible and just recently happened to a woman who was in a water drinking contest to win a WII.

Search the net about it.

There are mental illnesses that caused people to over drink water also. They have to have their water rationed or they end up dying from water over load.

Answer 7

its been on the news lately. a girl died of water asphyxiation during a contest that was claiming you can't die from drinking too much water. apparently you can

Answer 8

You could die if you drink too much water and then don't pee.
I know sounds weird but it is true.

Answer 9

yes its true some woman died by drinking to much water without going to the bathroom it can happen

Answer 10

Happened recently