What would happen if you were to drink a huge a mount of water at once?!


Question: What would happen if you were to drink a huge a mount of water at once!?
If you were to drink so much water till the point that you couldn't move and would almost throw up, what would happen!? Would the water slowly take its normal course or would it be forced to go through your intestines!? I was thinking about this the other day i was sooo thirsty i and kept drinking water (i never got to the point i described though) and began thinking about what would happen!?Www@Answer-Health@Com


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it is called hyponatremia, or water intoxication!.
Too much sodium is sweated out of your system, atheletes can suffer from this!.
Symptoms are, nausea, muscle cramps, slurred speach!. At this point many atheletes think they are dehydrated, so they drink more water, which increases the problem!.

at the extreme an athelete my suffer seizures, coma or deathWww@Answer-Health@Com

If you drink a lot of water and don't go pee then you can actually kill yourself!. This is of course drinking a few gallons of water, but you can dilute your blood so much that you don't have enough electrolights in your system!. In your case I think you would be fine, you would just have to go pee really frequently!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

U COULD DIE!.,!.,!., there was a radio show here in california a couple years ago and had a waterdrinking contest!.,!.,!.this girl drank so much water it blew something up in in her body and died,!.,!.,!. a lawsuit comeabout and needless to say they dont play that game nomore,!.,!.,,Www@Answer-Health@Com

DON'T DO IT! THERE WAS A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE WHO DIED OF DRINKING TOO MUCH WATER A FEW YEARS BACK! I'M SERIOUS!.!.!.!. I can't find the article online but I remember seeing it on the channel 7 local news!. I'm serious, you'll drown from the inside out!. Your blood will become so diluted Just around 15 quarts (1 quart = 4 cups) and your body will start to frig itself up!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Too much water , like to much of anything , is bad for you, your kidneys would not be able to cope with this amount of water and you could become ill, so dont do itWww@Answer-Health@Com

you would suddenly become less thirstyWww@Answer-Health@Com





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