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Woman dies after water-drinking contest

post #1 of 5
1/14/07 at 12:59pm
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - 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.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16614865/

I can't imagine this... I don't even really blame the radio station, except maybe they should have had medical staff on hand to watch people.
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post #2 of 5
1/14/07 at 1:06pm
Apparently she died at home though.. so the medical staff may not have even helped.. although if her head was hurting that bad, they may have taken a look at her.

So.. basically she drowned from the inside out?? How do you get water intoxification??
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post #3 of 5
1/14/07 at 1:13pm
It flushes out all your electrolytes. It happens to marathon runners more so than anyone. But it's VERY rare!
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post #4 of 5
1/14/07 at 1:17pm
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In medicine, water intoxication (also known as hyperhydration or water poisoning) is a potentially fatal disturbance in brain function that results when the normal balance of electrolytes in the body is pushed outside of safe limits by a very rapid intake of water.
She should have never left if she was hurting so bad that she was crying. And who let her leave???
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post #5 of 5
1/14/07 at 1:22pm
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I was going to say, it's not so much that you have too much water in your system, but not enough sodium, because water flushes it out.
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