is too much dringking of water cause death?

Answer 1

* Can Too Much Water be Bad for You?

This week, a concerned Army Reservist asks, “I have heard about people dieing of drinking too much water. Is this possible?” This is a great question because so many times this issue is taken out of context causing people to stop drinking water altogether.

When you read about people who die or get kidney damage “from drinking too much water” you are only hearing half of the story. The other half of the story is often overlooked. These people die or are seriously injured internally from over-hydration with insufficient replacement of sodium, which is called dilutional hyponatremia. The documented cases are from participants in long distance running or ultra endurance events lasting longer than four hours of continuous, sweaty, activity. Sports replacement drinks mixed with water are the best source of electrolytes and can be of significant help in avoiding hyponatremia in long distance athletic events or long, hot and humid days of rigorous outdoor work.

The regular person in America, who does not exercise at all or that rigorously, needs water to lose weight. If the body does not receive adequate amounts (1-2 quarts a day), you will actually start to retain water causing a net gain in weight and the liver to cease metabolizing fat at a normal rate. Basically, your metabolism will slow to a point where fat and water is now being store by the body UNTIL it receives the proper amounts of water. An easy equation with the elements of weight loss is:

Water + Oxygen = Weight loss

Drinking water plus physical activity where you breathe at a higher heart rate (ie aerobic activity like walking, jogging, swimming, biking, resistance training etc,) will ultimately lead to weight loss. Not only will you release retained water – ending the bloated and puffy feeling, but your metabolism will burn fat at a higher rate than before you started adding sufficient water intake to your diet. If you are significantly overweight (50-100lbs), you need to add more water to your diet than the minimum recommended daily amount. Some experts agree that the intake should be another 6-8 oz. of water for every 10-20 lbs overweight.

The bad news is that coffee, tea, diet drinks, alcohol, and nicotine are diuretics meaning they actually will dehydrate you. These drinks should not count as your 1-2 quarts a day of daily water consumption. If you think you maybe retaining water, try adding up to a gallon of water a day and you could lose about five to ten pounds of retained water in a few short days. I have seen people lose up to twenty in a week by ONLY adding water to their diet.

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Answer 2

Sure will....I dont know if you heard about the radio station that held the who can drink the most water without going to the bathroom contest to will the new PS. Well the girl that would have won the contest died because of intaking to much water. It was a sad story. But you would have to drink massive amounts of water to die from this.

Answer 3

Yes. The condition that occurs is called water intoxication. It can cause another condition called hyponatremia,. It occurs when the amount of liquid you are ingesting dilutes the liquids in your body and your sodium levels drop to a dangerously low level.

"Drinking excess water in the absence of dietary sodium results in hyponatremia, an overdilution of sodium in the blood plasma, which in turn causes an osmotic shift of water from the blood plasma into brain cells. The brain cells swell as result of osmotic pressure, and will ultimately cease to function

Answer 4

Yes. Didn't you hear about the radio contest where the woman died from drinking too much water in too short a period of time? "Hold your wee for a wii" was the contest. It's called "Water Intoxication", or hyperhydration.

Quoting the second source: "Most water intoxication is caused by hyponatremia, an overdilution of sodium in the blood plasma..."

Answer 5

I recently read an article where a woman died from drinking to much water in a short amount of time but she also was not about to use the restroom it was a radio station that ran a contest a WIii to hold your Wee or something like that in sacramento. So it's possible but I think you would have to drink lots of water and in a very short amount of time. I wouldn't of believe it myself if I hadn't read the article.

Answer 6

Yes, you can die from water poisoning if you drink excessively. Normally 7 to 10 glasses of water is sufficient for a day.

Answer 7

Well, technically it can. Anything can be toxic to the body if the doses are too high. But it would be very, very difficult to drink the amount of water that it would take to fatally poison your body without throwing up. You're body is pretty good at protecting itself.

Answer 8

i havent heard something like that probably if u dont pee often if u drink so much water ,but we suppose to drink 8 glases of water every day thats alot for me , almost all the people drink like 2 or sometimes not even one glass of water , just pops or beer thats exactly can cause diseases and prolly and not even for that cause death

Answer 9

Only if you don't pee. It's called Water Poisoning. I also heard on Animal Planet's Most Extreme show, that drinking too much water can drown your cells and cause you to die.

Answer 10

Yes, it is called hyponatremia. It causes a sodium imbalance and death can result.