Can you die from water intoxication if you throw up and see loads of clear fluids (probably water)?

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My friend drank a gallon of water in about 35 minutes but threw up when the gallon was about 3/4ths empty but drank the rest afterwards. Will this still kill him?
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Can I become ill from hyperhydration/water intoxication if....?

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I am planning my own Water Awareness Day at my school
where I will drink 3-4 gallons of Poland Springs
water. This is to bring attention back to water and
away from sugary drinks like Haterade. I might hit a
wall at some point, but it is worth a shot. I have
done this before 3 years ago (only 1.5-2 gallons last
time) and got kind of sick at the very end. I had to
pee 13 times so 3-4 gallons could mean even more than
that.

This will occur over a 6-7 hour period so it is not
all at once. I am curious if I am vulnerable to water
poisoning if I do this.
If you increase your salt (sodium) intake, you can drink that much water without getting sick. You will just have to pee a lot.  (+ info)

How much water do you have to drink to have water intoxication?

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I got it runnning the LA Marathon. Usually I would only drink a couple of times during my long runs during training, but at the marathon water was available every mile. Stupidly I drank too much ( 4 oz every 6:30 or so) and could not run after 17 miles despite not being sore or tired. Something just wasn't working properly.
I found out later that year that drinking too much water dilutes your electrolytes causing nerves to function poorly. Fortunately my problem was minor, only a frustrating day at the races.  (+ info)

How much water do you have to drink to get water intoxication?

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That depends. Water intoxication is really about cellular water/electrolyte balance. When there is too much water in your cells and not enough electrolytes, they swell and can burst. When this begins to happen to the cells in your brain, you have water intoxication. Contributing factors include amount of physical activity, the bodies ability to process water into waste, and obviously intake balance of water to electrolytes. A normally functioning adult would probably see signs of water intoxication as they approach two gallons of water in one hour.  (+ info)

How come we can drink gallons of alcohol easily but get water intoxication of a few litres?

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Thanks.
Alcohol acts as a diuretic removing lots of water/electrolytes from the system while consuming lots of water is absorbed and causes brain swelling.  (+ info)

Would it hurt to die from water intoxication?

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Just curious, but, if you drank like, loads of litres of water in a couple of hours, i know you'd die, but, would it hurt a lot? Would you realise what was happening, or what......?
I think your brain and organs swell up and you basically drown in your insides. So yeah im guessing it would hurt.  (+ info)

How do you know when you are drinking too much water a day to avoid water intoxication?

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Water intoxication IS the proper term. Drinking too much water can lead to a condition known as water intoxication and to a related problem resulting from the dilution of sodium in the body, hyponatremia. It's most commonly seen in infants under six months of age and sometimes in athletes. A baby can get water intoxication as a result of drinking several bottles of water a day or from drinking infant formula that has been diluted too much.

Athletes can also suffer from water intoxication. Athletes sweat heavily, losing both water and electrolytes. Water intoxication and hyponatremia result when a dehydrated person drinks too much water without the accompanying electrolytes.

It's Not How Much You Drink, It's How Fast You Drink It! The kidneys of a healthy adult can process fifteen liters of water a day! You are unlikely to suffer from water intoxication, even if you drink a lot of water, as long as you drink over time as opposed to intaking an enormous volume in a short period. As a general guideline, most adults need about three quarts of fluid each day. Much of that water comes from food, so 8-12 eight ounce glasses a day is a common recommended intake. You may need more water if the weather is very warm or very dry, if you are exercising, or if you are taking certain medications. The bottom line is this: it's possible to drink too much water, but unless you are running a marathon or an infant, water intoxication is a very uncommon condition.  (+ info)

How many pints of water can you drink before you get water intoxication?

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lol  (+ info)

How much water for intoxication?

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how much water do you have to drink for it to be poison, bc somone drank like 2 gallons and died...i thought it was way more?
First off....yes it absolutely is possible! While the amount of water it takes to cause it varies depending on the person's size, body electrolyte levels, kidney health, and of course the amount of time they consume the water over. And, yes, it can absolutely be fatal.
Basically this is what happens, the human body contains special elements called electrolyes, mainly Sodium, and Potassium. These elements play a very import role in the functioning and regulation of the body and its systems. Everything from your heart beating to, being able to breath is all dependant on electrolyes. As a person continues to drink water they reduce the concentration of these important elements in their blood and subsequently their whole body. As the concentration drops a whole bunch of stuff starts to go wrong in the body.

For example the high concentration of sodium in the brain compared to the blood causes the brain to start sucking up water from the blood like a sponge. This increase of water causes the brain to swell, and compress itself in the cranium.

As the concentration of potassium decreases in the heart tissue the heart becomes less able to "reset" itself after each contraction. Leading to, many times lethal, heart arrhythmias.

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Do you know some case reported of Hg intoxication by sea water fish consumption?

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and in where part of the world?....By the way I know what happened in Niigata, Japan in 1950´.
I don't know of any others besides Minamato disease, the first big outbreak of heavy metal poisoning through marine seafood, but.....

Wakayama, also in Japan, hasn't shown any widespread Hg contaminatioon effects as yet, but the habit of eating lots of cetaceans in this town will no doubt have the same result in the future. It is also quite possible the effects of Hg poisoning in this area are being under reported / madia managed to protect this local industry.

Just a thought, you could check into any region / locality with a preference for eating marine predators high up the food chain, (say 10 percent or more of total protein intake ) or filter feeding shellfish. Again, the effects of such poisoning may well be hidden by authorities and be reported as nervous disorders etc.  (+ info)

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