Can a person get brain damage by simply drinking too much water?

I do not think you get a brain damage by drinking too much water, but you will get water poisoning if thats what you call it. I am not sure why its called water poisoning but its simply meaning overdose of water. You take more than what you need. If you heard of the myth 8 cups a day. It's fake. In the news, a lady exactly did that and got water poisoned.

I'm not really sure. I know my doctor has told my my body has to much water weight. I hope I'm not drinking to much water myself. This is really interesting. He told me my body was holding to much water so he put me on water pills to try to reduce the water in my body.

Maybe. You can kill yourself by drinking too much carrot juice. I read somewhere that a man killed himself by drinking gallons of carrot juice. I think too much of anything is bad for you. We should do everything in moderation. If you live your life in moderation, not overdoing anything then you can partake of anything and still be ok. Mind you that is for healthy people. The rules for sick people who cannot exercise etc are different as you can barely afford to eat at all if you are sedentary if you need to lose weight. *sigh* That is my problem. I am overweight and ill. I cannot exercise so now I have to find a way to reduce my caloric intake without starving myself. It is hard work.

It will if the water you drink is from a tank high up and the tank falls on your head.HeHeHe.Just joking. 8-10 glasses is the required water we must take. I dont know how it is converted to milliliters. For a business,we sell purified water. The water goes through 21 purifying stages. We must take only clean water. Our body can only take so much liquid - in fact saints were tortured by letting them drink gallons and gallons of water until the body culd not take anymore. just stay within the allowed intake of fluids.

Each thing,if you use it more much then what it should,you'll get heart. Water is good for health but drinking it so mutch causes ills in the estomac and break down bit of operations that the body does,like using the enought eating vitamines and protines . Generally , the average quantity that we shall drink each day, is between 1 litre to 1.25 or 1.5 litre.

Im not sure about brain damage but here is an article for you to read... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16614865/ in short it's about a woman that drank too much water there are many conditions with drinking too much water and NOT going to the bathroom as well.

I have always heard that we should drink plenty of water daily. I have never heard that too much of it, is bad for us. I think we should drink alot of it to help keep our bodies flushed out.

[i]Hello zandi, I guess from the common saying " too much is dangerous" will also apply to drinking water! from the article I have read and I quote! There are many disadvantages of consuming more water. It leads to recurrent attacks of cold and cough. It also increases the chances of arthritic pain, tend to increase body weight and loss of appetite. The body cells or tissues absorb more water and tend to swell as much as 6 times of its own size. [/i]

ha ha... Its true in the case of patients but not in the case of healthy people.. someone said me ill healthy who are taking glucose if had more n more water the effect of glucose wont work correctly...

What is the wisdom of drinking more than you need? Eat food that has water already in it, such as fruits and vegetables. Drink when you are thirsty, when you exercise, when it's hot, but don't overdo it.

I don't think drinking water can kill a person. One willnot be able to drink more than one's capacity as the body will reject it. You canonly drink as muchas your stomach can take after taht you will throw up. That is what you do in yoga. It is called "Chang Prakchalan" or teh cleansing of the stomach. yousit on your haunches and drink 8-10 glasses of luke warm water wiha pich of salt. Youcontinue drinking till you start throwing up and get loose motions. After a while the loose motions stop. Then you drink some more and then clear water starts passign in the stool. Then you stop hjavingwater and do not have anythingtoeat for a while. you start eating with boiled rice mixed with a spoon full of animal fat. You start eating solids after one day only. It is very good for reducing weight and should be done once a month but only under medical care. Those who cleanthe stomach in this manner remain fit.

Basically too much of everything is bad for anyone. In rare cases such as your moms 1000 ml of water is what her body can take, it is her limit. go over that and that will have a bad effect.

Never really given this much thought before but now you mention it it does require a bit of thought. I've always heard drinking water is good for you and you should drink about eight pints a day. I personally couldn't see a problem with drinking a lot of water well apart from the fact you would be forever in the toilet. However after reading your point of view on second thoughts perhaps it would strin the kidneys and may in time cause other medical problems.

too much of anything is bad and i think it can make your body tissues soft and that can lead to some health issues.

What you mom is allowed to drink 1000 ml , how can she be active , if she drinks less water , i mean i feel 1000 ml is very less , here in my place doctors are asking us to drink 3.5 litres due to global warming , i dont know about your place but atleast a person should drink some 1.5 litres per day dont they? What you said was right regarding the water concept , i read it in a news papers and even in internet that , a women who participated in water drinking competion , she won actually and was killed due to the toxicity of the water , it happened because of the thing which you have explained here.. Truly when we drink more water it is toxic to us..

as with anything.. too much isnt a good thing and can be damaging. and yes, you can get water poisoned. i have a dog who went through it because he is addicted to water.. and he was on the verge of kidney failure when the vet finally caught what the problem was. hes now on a strict intake schedule for water.. and the same would hold true for a person as well.

lol dear Zandi.... you have used " too much water " remember one golden rule that is too much of everything is killing may it be Water or anything else ..... But yes definition of too much varies from person to person . So always remember that excess of everything is bad...... Thanks For raising such a good discussion.....! Happy Mylotting ! Take Care ! Ganesh !

I have been drinking alot of water for years and have no kidney problems. This may be a rare situation and one that happens to those with certain weaknesses or illnesses. It pays to get the input of a good doctor if there are weaknesses or sentivities. But, I really think this is a rarity and nothing to worry about.

i heard you can drink too much water, that you can drown yourself, it happen to some lady here.

I have never heard about that. Clean water is healthy for organism because it is natural. I drink daily about 2-3 liters of water and have not noticed any bad impact on my body yet:)