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Randy D

Is there a such thing as being over-hydrated?

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Posted - July 27, 2019
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  • 19937
    Yes.
      July 27, 2019 10:46 AM MDT
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  • 44617
    Yes, it is called hyponatremia. The natremia comes from the old word used for sodium. Hypo means not enough. Excess water can dilute the salts in your body, causing all sorts of bad things, including death.
      July 27, 2019 12:41 PM MDT
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  • 7280
    natremia---the presence of sodium ions in the blood.

    Hyponatremia refers to a low level of sodium in the blood. Hyponatremia or low sodium blood levels may result from     (1)excess fluid in the body relative to a normal amount of sodium, or (2) it may be due to a loss of sodium and body fluid caused by chronic conditions like kidney or congestive heart failure.

    Overhydration can lead to water intoxication.       (One of the episodes of the original NCIS series dealt with death by overhydration)

    Edit---added last line This post was edited by tom jackson at August 3, 2019 7:49 PM MDT
      July 27, 2019 2:03 PM MDT
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  • 44617
    I remember that episode...and all of the others.
      July 27, 2019 4:54 PM MDT
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  • 7280
    Yep---and I do miss Abby, Zeva, Tony.....
      August 3, 2019 11:43 AM MDT
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  • 10639
    Yeah, it's called being a wet blanket.
      July 27, 2019 12:43 PM MDT
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  • 53509

      Wait, what?  You wet the blanket again?  That’s it; no more keg-parties before bedtime for you!


    :(
      July 27, 2019 2:46 PM MDT
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  • 3523
    OH Thank you.  I thought was called drowned.
      July 27, 2019 3:06 PM MDT
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  • 11005
    That's not what it means when people call you a big drip.
      July 27, 2019 4:08 PM MDT
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  • 17596
    Sure is.
      July 27, 2019 4:43 PM MDT
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  • 44617
    No hyphen.
      July 27, 2019 4:56 PM MDT
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  • 53509

      Yes hyphen.

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      July 27, 2019 6:40 PM MDT
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  • 7280
    Carnack (Johnny Carson character)

    Answer:  What is overhydration?

    Question:   What is the correct spelling of over-hydration?

    Result from internet search on over-hydration:   Did you mean: overhydrated
      August 3, 2019 11:50 AM MDT
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  • 53509

      Nope. I wrote it the way I meant to write it, and I meant it the way I wrote it.

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      August 3, 2019 9:22 PM MDT
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  • 7280
    It's spelled both ways online.
      August 3, 2019 11:51 AM MDT
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  • 44617
    I know...I was just messing with Randy, as usual.
      August 3, 2019 2:20 PM MDT
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  • 4624
    Yep.

    From the Mayo clinic.
    Symptoms:
    • Nausea and vomiting
    • Headache
    • Confusion
    • Loss of energy, drowsiness and fatigue
    • Restlessness and irritability
    • Muscle weakness, spasms or cramps
    • Seizures
    • Coma
    Drinking too much water dilutes the salt in the body. Salt, or specific compound of sodium, plays a vital function as an electrolyte in the body.

    When the body's water levels rise,  cells begin to swell. This swelling can cause many health problems, from mild to life-threatening.

    Hyponatremia treatment is aimed at resolving the underlying condition. Depending on the cause of hyponatremia, you may simply need to cut back on how much you drink. In other cases of hyponatremia, you may need intravenous electrolyte solutions and medications.

    Health authorities usually recommend eight 8-ounce glasses per day or about 2 litres or 4 pints.
    This is called the 8×8 rule - easy to remember.
    More in hot weather or during aerobic exercise.
    More after diuretics such as coffee, tea, or on waking after drinking alcohol.

      July 27, 2019 5:38 PM MDT
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  • 7792
    That might fall under "water intoxication". When cells in your body are oversaturated with fluid such as water. You can die from this. This post was edited by Zack at August 3, 2019 7:50 PM MDT
      August 3, 2019 11:45 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    Edema comes to mind, but that is not eliminated by less drinking of water.  Of COURSE you can be over hydrated.  I think water boarding comes under that definition.


    When we drink too much water, the electrolytes in the stomach are diluted. As they pass through the gut, further dilution happens in the body at the cellular level. Over hydration is also known as Water Intoxication, hyponatremia, and over-hydration and water poisoning.


    This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at August 3, 2019 7:50 PM MDT
      August 3, 2019 11:50 AM MDT
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  • 7280
    Waterboarding---an interrogation technique simulating the experience of drowning, in which a person is strapped, face up, to a board that slopes downward at the head, while large quantities of water are poured over the face into the breathing passages.

    I'm not sure sufficient water could get into one's body before one dies.  I think water has to get in through the circulatory system rather than through the respiratory system.
      August 3, 2019 12:03 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    Yes, world wide ,I believe its currently referred to as drowning.....it's quite an absorbing jubject actually....:)D  
      August 3, 2019 2:28 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    If you are, you probably need to piss.
      August 3, 2019 5:37 PM MDT
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  • 53509

      If I are what?  (You may need to read the question again.)

    :|

     
      August 3, 2019 7:43 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    If you are overhydrated. What's so hard to understand?
      August 3, 2019 8:29 PM MDT
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