Habitual overconsumption of water causes hyponatremia and electrolyte imbalance.
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Clinical and experimental evidence overwhelmingly demonstrates that excessive and rapid water consumption surpasses the body's renal excretion capacity, leading directly to dilutional hyponatremia and severe electrolyte imbalances.
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Electrolyte disorders related emergencies in children.
2024 · cited by 7
Discusses electrolyte and water homeostasis and the clinical management of imbalances such as hyponatremia.
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Demonstrates that excessive water intake exceeding renal excretion capacity results in hypotonic hyponatremia and fatal electrolyte disturbances.
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Notes that perturbations in water balance are the primary cause of hyponatremia and abnormal sodium levels.
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Connects water intoxication via psychogenic polydipsia to acute hyponatremia and severe neurological complications.
EXERCISE ASSOCIATED HYPONATREMIA (EAH) AND FLUID INTAKE DURING THE 2016 LONDON MARATHON
2017 · cited by 1
Identifies excessive fluid intake over normal losses as the primary risk factor for exercise-associated hyponatremia.
Acute Water Intoxication Leading to Dilutional Hyponatremia in a Patient With Urinary Tract Infection: A Case Report.
2026 · cited by 0
Shows that acute excessive water consumption leads directly to dilutional hyponatremia and severe neurological symptoms.