water intoxication
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
4 Aug 23
Never heard of anyone dying drinking too much water and this young mother of 2 died with that.
She felt extremely dehydrated and started drinking water and consumed a lot of it in minutes. Too much water dilutes the electrolytes...
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slepart
@slepart (207)
• Philippines
4 Aug 08
My friend has been hospitalized recently due to water intoxication.2 days ago he join the contest that challenge contestant to drink as much water as possible in order to win...the reason why he decided to join the said contest is...
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akumei1269
@akumei1269 (1749)
• India
23 Jul 08
It is widely believed that water is essential for health. Also it is hyped that water is the only thing that fix no limit on its consumption . So, we advise everybody to drink as much water as one can and sometimes we pressurise...
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yang_peralta
@yang_peralta (73)
• Philippines
18 Apr 08
it's always a popular health advice to drink a lot of water of everyday. but beware, you might be drinking water too much. Drinking large amounts of water will not curb your hunger, “flush” away toxins or make your skin look moist...
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M S R S Choudhary
@choudhary03 (943)
• Hyderabad, India
15 Mar 08
This might sound funny to you but did anyone hear about the diseases which are caused if you drink water more. Drinking water more than the stipulated amount will make you suffer serious consquences reducing the acids, salt, ph...
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tess1960
@tess1960 (2385)
• United States
6 Feb 08
As another point of view on the 8 glasses a day subject in my discussion posted here:
http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1388982.aspx#up_bqitX7XHzsdJEjPFSkWz6vwGyHAKfyp%2bmlWtyVZwPRo%3d
I found an article written on another...
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skynnyrrd4liffe
@skynnyrrd4liffe (215)
• United States
20 Jan 07
I was just reading a woman in california died after drinking more than 3 gallons of water for a radio station contest the disc jockeys were joking about it over the air and the next day she was found dead in her home...
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sylviekitty
@sylviekitty (2083)
• United States
15 Jan 07
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=12396
This is crazy! I knew it wasn't good to hold in your pee, but sheez. This article says: "Water intoxication (also known as hyperhydration or water poisoning) is a...
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thinkingoutloud
@thinkingoutloud (6127)
• Canada
14 Jan 07
From the news today:
"A woman who competed in a radio station's contest to see how much water she could drink without going to the bathroom died of water intoxication, the coroner's office said Saturday.
Jennifer Strange,...
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