Drinking excessive amounts of water can be fatal due to water intoxication.
Drinking excessive amounts of water can lead to water intoxication (acute hyponatremia), which causes severe neurological complications and can be fatal.
The claim is specific, empirical, and testable. Multiple provided papers document cases and physiological mechanisms showing that excessive water intake can cause acute hyponatremia (water intoxication), leading to severe neurological damage, encephalopathy, and potentially fatal outcomes. No papers refute the claim.
C Urso, G Caimi. [Hyponatremic syndrome].. 2012. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22362242/
Explains that hyponatremia due to water excess causes brain cell edema leading to neurological disorders, seizures, and coma.
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Sagarika Mukherjee, Emmanuel S Antonarakis, S Asaduzzaman, John R Peters. Acute psychological stress-induced water intoxication.. 2005. https://doi.org/10.1080/13651500510028986
Describes a case where excessive water consumption due to severe mental stress caused water intoxication, resulting in brain damage and altered consciousness.
Martin Windpessl, Christoph Schwarz, Manfred Wallner. "Bowel prep hyponatremia" - a state of acute water intoxication facilitated by low dietary solute intake: case report and literature review.. 2017. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-017-0464-2
Discusses acute hyponatremic encephalopathy resulting from ingesting a large volume of clear fluid rapidly.
C Putterman, L Levy, D Rubinger. Transient exercise-induced water intoxication and rhabdomyolysis.. 1993. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0272-6386(12)81095-x
Reports a case of acute voluntary water intoxication following exercise, leading to severe hyponatremia.
Ella Ophir, Ido Solt, Marwan Odeh, Jacob Bornstein. Water intoxication-a dangerous condition in labor and delivery rooms.. 2007. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ogx.0000286583.98141.a2
Reviews water intoxication as a form of acute hyponatremia posing significant hazards and risks in clinical settings.
Tamara Hew-Butler, Valerie Smith-Hale, Alyssa Pollard-McGrandy, Matthew VanSumeren. Of Mice and Men-The Physiology, Psychology, and Pathology of Overhydration.. 2019. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11071539
Examines acute pathologies associated with overhydration, confirming that excessive water intake leads to water intoxication.
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