Some think not. http://www.msbp.com/forum/about969.html
Just watch Casino Royal. Bond swallows salt water to get himself to throw up. If thats what happens when someone injests toxic amounts of salt, how can someone be poisined?
Yet a couple in England spent 15 years in prison for this thoeoretically impossible deed before they were finally cured.
http://www.daylife.com/story/07iW3RL3dCdFK/1?lead_article=101000000018149621
It seems like it was more likely the boy had a condition that prevented him from expelling normal levels of salt. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes_insipidus
Much of the fuel behind this case was from a now discredited former British paediatrician, Roy Meadow.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Meadow#Ian_and_Angela_Gay
2007-04-01 06:31:53 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
If you ingest a large amount of salt at once it will make you vomit. I've read in some health guide or another that you can induce vomiting by disolving a tablespoon of salt in a glass of water and then drinking it. If you look up survival guides you'll notice that they always warn you not to drink salt water if you are dehydrated, and in the few that give an explanation they point out that the salt will cause kidney failure which is fatal. So I'm guessing it depends on your current health, and the rate at which you ingest the salt. I doubt there is much evidence of anyone being killed by being fed too much salt simply because there are so many other poisons out there that work better.
2007-04-01 09:06:15 · answer #1 · answered by shadowonthesun 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My guess is it is possible in babies & those already ill.
I heard of an elderly man who swallowed the salt water he wife gave him to gargle & he had to go to the hospital but he survived. Fatal poisoning seems much more unlikely.
How old was the child that died in England?
2007-04-01 06:46:57 · answer #2 · answered by leopardlady 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything IS possible since no 2 people are alike! What kills one will heal another!!! Salt is sodium & the human body has a hard time breaking down this MINERAL!
2007-04-01 06:56:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, in babies and small children consuming large amounts of salt can be fatal.
2007-04-01 06:38:54 · answer #4 · answered by 132 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋