I drank about 13 glasses of water today? Could I get water poisening!?!?

Question

Also a small spot in the back of my head hurts!?!?!

Answer 1

As long as you keep "peeping" it out you will be just fine. Holding it in is where you get into serious trouble. Just slow down if you are concerned.

I drink 6 to 8 16 ounce bottles of water daily. It keeps you Hydrated and healthy.

Answer 2

You can't get water poisoning unless the water has impurities in it. If you're drinking tap water, you may need to worry about the mineral content. You're body is made to process as much pure water as you take in, you may just find yourself urinating a lot. As far as the headache, most therapists would tell you to drink more water, but in this case I don't think that's necessary. If you plan to consistently consume large amounts of water (which most consider healthy), consider using a filter or drinking purified water.

Answer 3

Over-hydration is disruptive to nerve cell function and can produce symptoms of lightheadedness or mild vertigo.
Because brain cells are susceptible
to fluid imbalances, over-hydration and water intoxication can produce neurological symptoms such as altered personality, and disoriented behavior.
Water intoxication can also result in convulsions, circulatory shock, coma,
and death.
Immediate medical attention is required when symptoms of over-hydration or water intoxication occur.

Answer 4

Too much water ingestion causes electrolyte (sodium, potassium, chloride, carbon dioxide) imbalances, in particular Na (sodium)--it is not water itself that causes the problems (despite some of the answers) it is the changes in the electrolytes, particularly Hyponatremia (low sodium from too much water diluting it out). Severe hyponatremia may cause osmotic shift of water from the plasma into the brain cells. Typical symptoms include nausea, vomiting, headache and malaise. As the hyponatremia worsens, confusion, diminished reflexes, convulsions, stupor or coma may occur. Since nausea is, itself, a stimulus for the release of ADH, (a hormone) which promotes the retention of water, a positive feedback loop may be created and the potential for a vicious circle of hyponatremia and its symptoms exists.
from Wikipedia: found hyponatremia in as many as 13% of runners in a recent Boston Marathon, with life-threatening hyponatremia (serum Na below 120 mmol/L) in 0.6%. The runners at greatest risk of serious water intoxication had moderate weight gain during the race due to excessive water consumption (see reference). Siegel et al. [3] recently found that in addition to over-zealous drinking, (as a cause of hyponatremia)....
Hyponatremia is physiologically significant when it indicates a state of extracellular hypoosmolarity and a tendency for free water to shift from the vascular space to the intracellular space. Although cellular edema is well tolerated by most tissues, it is not well tolerated within the rigid confines of the bony calvarium. Therefore, clinical manifestations of hyponatremia are related primarily to cerebral edema. The rate of development of hyponatremia plays a critical role in its pathophysiology and subsequent treatment. When serum sodium concentration falls slowly, over a period of several days or weeks, the brain is capable of compensating by extrusion of solutes and fluid to the extracellular space. Compensatory extrusion of solutes reduces the flow of free water into the intracellular space, and symptoms are much milder for a given degree of hyponatremia.

When serum sodium concentration falls rapidly, over a period of 24-48 hours, this compensatory mechanism is overwhelmed and severe cerebral edema (brain swelling) may ensue, resulting in brainstem herniation and death.

Answer 5

Yes, you can overdose on water. Stick to only 8 glasses. You should probably call your doctor.

Answer 6

Unless you've been drinking heavy toxins in that water, there's nothing wrong with drinking thirteen glasses.

Answer 7

you can drink an unlimited amount of water, as long as you go to the bathroom regularly.

Answer 8

What you are speaking of is called overhydration. When I was in the army one of our soldiers died from it in iraq.

Answer 9

omg you'll be dead any minute now. CALL 911!

Answer 10

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