Indiana family shares warning after 35-year-old mother dies from drinking too much water on vacation
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Anonymous
But that's a gallon over the course of a day, vs 64 oz in 30 mins. It matters. |
Anonymous
There’s more to this. |
Anonymous
Why do you keep saying that? You sound ignorant. It’s not a made up thing. It happens. She drank half a gallon of water in 30 minutes. She was likely petite. |
Anonymous
| ^^and likely hadn’t eaten enough. |
Anonymous
| Yeah, she had low sodium because she had been out sweating all day. In a normal situation, she would need to drink more like 130 oz to kill herself. |
Anonymous
More like what though? This is what I'm not understanding. |
Anonymous
That makes sense |
Anonymous
| My wife nearly did this on an AIDS ride. Sucking from a camelback and another water bottle, while riding 100 miles. Her electrolytes got completely messed up -- thankfully, she checked herself into a medical tent and they knew immediately what it was. She was on an IV (banana bag maybe?) for several hours. |
Anonymous
Same I’m a water obsessive. This does not sound like a lot to me. |
Anonymous
If she was dehydrated and then drank a ton of water, what do you think she was doing? |
Anonymous
DP but it sounds like she drank a lot of water that day. And even "at one point 4 bottles in 30 mins" on top of whatever else she had. She was guzzling lots of water. How much total water did she drink that day? |
Anonymous
| I drink 3-4 L a day...but that's over a 16ish hour period. Her electrolytes were likely already a little off given the boating, possibly drinking, and being dehydrated. Then she consumed a lot in a short period of time. This caused a worse electrolyte imbalance. Electrolyte imbalances can cause fatal arrhythmias, which I'm guessing is what happened here. Some people are also more sensitive to these electrolyte imbalances, I am and can easily tell when I'm getting dehydrated as I get frequent PVCs. |
Anonymous
| Did not read all comments but OMG yes this is terrible. The No wee for Wii contest or whatever it was - I will never forget water toxicity because of that. So sad. |
Anonymous
| 4 bottles in half an hour when you have been out on a boat and in the sun and feeling dehydrated isn’t that much water. Her electrolytes were off and she didn’t realize that after heavy exertion or sun exposure where one sweats a lot you shouldn’t rehydrate with only water, further diluting your low electrolyte levels. |
Anonymous
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I find this difficult to understand. For example, the popular big Under Armour sports jugs are 64oz (had to Google it) and my kid usually polishes one off- or mostly -during a 2hr summer sports practice (he is 12 and weighs like 95lbs). We do live in a very warm climate.
I’m sure there is more going on with this story but the water amounts being thrown about really are not necessarily that much IMO… |