OT: Woman dies from drinking too much water



In article
<[email protected]>,
Tim McNamara <[email protected]> wrote:

> In article <[email protected]>,
> "Ken C. M." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Phil, Non-Squid wrote:
> > > http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/13/water.intox.ap/index.html
> > >
> > > Horrible yet completely avoidable. Makes you wonder that if they
> > > had used 5% dextrose or .9% saline if this would have happened.
> > >

> >
> > I have heard of people ending up in the E.R. for drinking too much
> > water, but never of an actual death from consuming too much water.

>
> A few years back there was some British guy who wrote a book advocating
> drinking large quantities of water. He was later found dead from water
> intoxication, IIRC.
>
> Too much of anything is not good. It's as simple as that.


But too much whisky is just right.

--
Michael Press
 
On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 16:23:36 -0600, Tim McNamara <[email protected]> wrote:

>In article <[email protected]>,
> "Ken C. M." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Phil, Non-Squid wrote:
>> > http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/13/water.intox.ap/index.html
>> >
>> > Horrible yet completely avoidable. Makes you wonder that if they
>> > had used 5% dextrose or .9% saline if this would have happened.
>> >

>>
>> I have heard of people ending up in the E.R. for drinking too much
>> water, but never of an actual death from consuming too much water.

>
>A few years back there was some British guy who wrote a book advocating
>drinking large quantities of water. He was later found dead from water
>intoxication, IIRC.


Last year or two, wasn't there a bike cop who killed himself sucking down three
gallons of water during a 12 mile fitness test.

Ron
 
RonSonic wrote:

> Last year or two, wasn't there a bike cop who killed himself sucking down
> three gallons of water during a 12 mile fitness test.

Incredible! Where do you leave that amount of water and how do you think you
can run with that in your body?

Derk
 
On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:20:26 -0500, RonSonic
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 16:23:36 -0600, Tim McNamara <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>In article <[email protected]>,
>> "Ken C. M." <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Phil, Non-Squid wrote:
>>> > http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/13/water.intox.ap/index.html
>>> >
>>> > Horrible yet completely avoidable. Makes you wonder that if they
>>> > had used 5% dextrose or .9% saline if this would have happened.
>>> >
>>>
>>> I have heard of people ending up in the E.R. for drinking too much
>>> water, but never of an actual death from consuming too much water.

>>
>>A few years back there was some British guy who wrote a book advocating
>>drinking large quantities of water. He was later found dead from water
>>intoxication, IIRC.

>
>Last year or two, wasn't there a bike cop who killed himself sucking down three
>gallons of water during a 12 mile fitness test.
>
>Ron


Dear Ron,

Sometimes the challenge to Google can't be resisted:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/10/AR2005081001460.html?nav=hcmodule

It's the first hit for this search:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q="12+mile"+died+officer

The phrase used is "as much as three gallons" in a camelback-style
carrier--382 ounces of water.

Camelback lists ~100 ounces as their largest reservoir:

http://www.camelbak.com/index.cfm

So either the reporter was grossly misled, or the cop was wearing the
equivalent of four large Camelbacks on a 12-mile ride, or he stopped,
refilled, and drained a large Camelback every three miles.

Other articles add the qualifier "during _and_ after" the ride.

Cheers,

Carl Fogel
 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6270195.stm

US water contest radio sacks 10
A California radio station has dismissed 10 of its employees after a
woman who had taken part in a water-drinking contest it held died.

The KDND 107.9 station in Sacramento sacked the hosts of its morning
show and other members of staff.

The show had challenged listeners to drink as much water as they could
to win a Nintendo Wii video game system.

One participant - Jennifer Strange - later died as a result of drinking
too much water, initial tests showed.

Ms Strange, 28, said she wanted to win the game - "Hold Your Wee for a
Wii" game - for her children.

A work colleague said Ms Strange had complained her head was hurting
hours after the contest and was going home.

She was found dead on Friday at her house in Rancho Cordova.

The Sacramento County coroner later said preliminary autopsy findings
suggested she had died of water intoxication.

The county's sheriff said that there did not appear to be grounds for a
criminal investigation.

"It's not as if [Ms Strange] was somehow in their custody and they had
a role to care for her," John McGinness is quoted as saying by the
Sacramento Bee newspaper.

"Rather, it was an invitation to a contest that was clearly
ill-advised. She was exercising her free will."

Health warning

Contestants were first given eight-ounce (225-millilitre) bottles to
drink without going to the toilet. After eight rounds, contestants
drank 16-ounce (0.5 litre) bottles.

Ms Strange may have drunk nearly two gallons (7.5 litres), witnesses
said.

Contestant James Ybarra told the Associated Press news agency: "They
told us if you don't feel like you can do this, don't put your health
at risk."

"[Ms Strange] was telling me about her family and her three kids and
how she was doing it for her kids," Mr Ybarra said.

One of Ms Strange's work colleagues, Laura Rios, said: "She said to one
of our supervisors that she was on her way home and her head was
hurting her real bad.

"She was crying and that was the last that anyone had heard from her."

Drinking too much water can eventually cause the brain to swell,
stopping it regulating vital functions such as breathing, and causing
death.

Phil, Non-Squid wrote:
> http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/13/water.intox.ap/index.html
>
> Horrible yet completely avoidable. Makes you wonder that if they had used
> 5% dextrose or .9% saline if this would have happened.
>
> --
> Phil