too much water?

The Bollox

is it possible to drink too much water a day?

I had a very sore throat a few weeks ago, infact it was a blister so I had to keep it moist and that meant drinking leads of water, something I never really did. but I have kept the habit up and drink about 2 or 3 litres a day. I think the recommended amount is 2 but is it bad to drink much more than that?

smellslikeshoes

Yes it is possible to drink too much its called water intoxication, heres a wikipedia article on it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication
I wouldn't worry unless you were drinking serious amounts, way more than 2-3 liters a day.

Xavi6

AFAIK your body can drown or something like that from drinking too much water. Pretty sire someone died from it recently enough over some radio competition

EDIT: Here it is -

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/18/national/main2369761.shtml

Police Probe Water Intoxication Death

California Woman's Death After Radio Station Contest Sparks Homicide Investigation

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 18, 2007


Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a woman believed to have been killed by drinking too much water in a radio station contest.

On a tape of the Jan. 12 show, disc jockeys on KDND-FM's "Morning Rave" joke about the possible dangers of consuming too much water, at one point alluding to a college student who died during such a stunt in 2005.

During the contest, a listener - self-identified as a nurse - called the live radio broadcast and warned that the game was dangerous, CBS News station KOVR-TV reported.

"I want to say that those people drinking all that water can get sick and die from water intoxication," said the caller.

"Yeah, we're aware of that," one of them said.

Another DJ laughed: "Yeah, they signed releases, so we're not responsible. We're OK."

"And if they get to the point where they have to throw up, then they're going to throw up, and they're out of the contest before they die, so that's good, right?" another one said.

The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department decided to pursue the investigation Wednesday after listening to the tape, obtained by The Sacramento Bee newspaper, sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Tim Curran said.

Jennifer Lea Strange, a 28-year-old mother of three, was one of about 18 contestants who tried to win a Nintendo Wii gaming console by determining how much water they could drink without going to the bathroom. The show's DJs called the contest "Hold your Wee for a Wii."

"Hey, Carter, is anybody dying in there?" a DJ asked during the show. "We got a guy who's just about to die," the other responded, and all the DJs laughed.

"I like that we laugh about that," another said.

"Make sure he signs the release. ... Get the insurance on that, please."

Strange participated in the contest during the morning in the studio and was found dead that afternoon. The county coroner said preliminary autopsy findings indicate she died of water intoxication.

Other contestants said Strange may have ingested as much as two gallons of water. Several hours into the contest, Strange was interviewed on the air and complained that her head hurt.

"They keep telling me that it's the water. That it will tell my head to hurt and then it will make me puke," she said.

Strange won the second-place prize, tickets to a Justin Timberlake concert. She commented on the tape that she looked pregnant, and a female DJ agreed.

"Oh, my gosh, look at that belly. That's full of water. ... Come on over, Jennifer, you OK?" the DJ asked. "You going to pass out right now? Too much water?"

The winner of the contest, Lucy Davidson, said she collapsed just 15 minutes after leaving the station with her prize. "I didn’t know what was wrong with me. I just knew I had never felt so sick in my life," Davidson told KOVR.

Davidson said Strange's stomach protruded over her waist as the contest ended.

"As soon as we went to the bathroom we both came out of the stalls. I looked over at her and she probably looked as pale as I did," Davidson said.

On Tuesday, KDND's parent company, Entercom/Sacramento, fired 10 employees connected to the contest, including three morning disc jockeys. The company also took the morning show off the air.

Station spokesman Charles Sipkins said Wednesday that the company had not yet heard from the sheriff's department but that it would cooperate with the investigation.

Attorneys for the Strange family said Wednesday they plan to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the radio station.

brendansmith

Yore ma!

smellslikeshoes

brendansmith wrote: »

Yore ma!

Fail.

The Bollox

ah grand

I feel so much better about myself now that I am drinking loads of water. my skin feels a lot better than it did, it's not dry, and the dark circles under my eyes have started to dissapear (something I have had for a long time) and overall I feel a lot more confident

Silenceisbliss

yup, too much water dilutes the electrolites in your body to a dengerously low level.

Dave!

Yeah, you get electrocuted.

The Bollox

Silenceisbliss wrote: »

yup, too much water dilutes the electrolites in your body to a dengerously low level.

ah so you end up feeling de(electro)lited

Cookie_Monster

depends what you are doing also. If just at a desk all day then 2 litres is grand. But outside manual labour could probly drink 4-5 litres a day easily.

I generally manage 2-2.5 litre a day and another 4-5 coffee on top of that:)

Kiera

You are going to die!

Dragan

When training a lot i could take in anywhere up to 5 litres of water a day.

You have nothing to worry about!

christeb

Silenceisbliss wrote: »

yup, too much water dilutes the electrolites in your body to a dengerously low level.

It also affects your ability to spell. To dengerously low levels

Turd Ferguson

I once knew a girl who drank so much water she turned into a trumpet.

Silenceisbliss

christeb wrote: »

It also affects your ability to spell. To dengerously low levels

.......epic fail

Silenceisbliss

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

I once knew a girl who drank so much water she turned into a trumpet.

srsly?...cool!

i once ate a skittle i found under my bed...it tasted like a malteser...

but a trumpet girl.....wow....

carlybabe1

The Bollox wrote: »

ah so you end up feeling de(electro)lited

If you're doing any kind of exercise, gym or even a physically demanding job like labouring, then i would recommend dioralyte, the're sachets you get in the chemists, taste like salty water, but take 1 every other day to replace electrolytes in the body. Also a vitamin tablet that doesn't contain vits & mins stored in the liver, in other words, water soluble vits& mins like vit c, can be flushed out of the body by the intake of too much water and exercise.

Silenceisbliss

or...you could take it easy on the freekin water....srlsy, ya big H20 HOG! its not like the stuff falls from the sky! ur gonna bring our little island into a water shortage..IMPENDING RECESSION!!!...AAAAAAAAHHH

Run_to_da_hills

Dragan wrote: »

When training a lot i could take in anywhere up to 5 litres of water a day.

You have nothing to worry about!

Thats an awful lot of water, I think you could do with a tap on the head

Turd Ferguson

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Thats an awful lot of water, I think you could do with a tap on the head

The puns are really flowing now :pac:

Insect Overlord

carlybabe1 wrote: »

If you're doing any kind of exercise, gym or even a physically demanding job like labouring, then i would recommend dioralyte, the're sachets you get in the chemists, taste like salty water, but take 1 every other day to replace electrolytes in the body. Also a vitamin tablet that doesn't contain vits & mins stored in the liver, in other words, water soluble vits& mins like vit c, can be flushed out of the body by the intake of too much water and exercise.

Mixing a teaspoon of salt with a glass of coke is supposed to have the same effect.

I've got a liter bottle of water on my desk here now, I know I'll be filling it again this afternoon. As well as that I'll be drinking tea, orange juice and milk at various points in the day. Should I be more afraid of drowning or of intoxication?

ScumLord

You don't need to drink that much extra water, you'll get most of it from food and cups of tea. Just about all fresh food are mostly water and all processed food is full of it.

The only reason for drinking more than 3 litres in the space of an hour would be if you want to pass a drugs test. Your piss gets so diluted they can't take a proper reading.

gaz wac

I dont know how true it is but i heard that here is loads of water in Blessington Lakes

Dont drink yellow water!!

Black Swan

Ask Chaney about water boarding at Gitmo?

Fratton Fred

there was a guy in the UK died quite recently from drinking too much water. i think his Liver failed or something like that. He had gingivitus and water helped with the pain.

Anyway, this fairly recent fad of drinking bottled water is bad for the environment. Think of all the extra bottles it takes and the extra lorries transporting all that water from Tipperary.

ever notived that Evian is Naive backwards:rolleyes: