Why humans should not drink too much water.

Water is essential to life, yet it can also be just as poisonous in the appropriate situation. The extra waste and water in your blood are filtered out by your kidneys, however they can only digest 800 to 1,000 millilitres of water each hour, so if you somehow managed to consume more than that without being sick, you might experience complications because your kidneys cannot keep up with your rate of consumption. As a result, your cells receive the surplus.

Normally, a salt and water solution which enters and exits through microscopic holes in the cellular membrane surrounds your cells, as a result, it maintains an equilibrium between the sodium content inside and outside of the cell. But if you consume too much water, It dilutes the sodium solution if not enough salt is added. In order to reestablish equilibrium, part of that extra water rushes into the cell, and as a result, it enlarges. This condition is known as water intoxication and is quite problematic. Now that your body's soft, stretchable tissues like muscle and fat may swell, the majority of your cells can manage the swelling to some extent. Your skull isn't elastic, so for the brain cells it's a different tale because of that. It is a bone. It has a rock-like hardness, therefore, as your brain grows, pressure inside of your skull increases. You may first feel dizzy, confused, or groggy, but as the pressure builds, you run the risk of brain injury, a coma, and even death, and it may all end in less time.

In less than 10 hours over ten hours a 64-year-old woman passed away the same evening after consuming 30 to 40 glasses of water, and after a demanding training day, a group of US Army recruits who consumed more over two litres per hour experienced vomiting and convulsions, however, marathoners are the ones who need to take extra precautions.

According to a research, one in six marathon runners have mild to moderate water intoxication since the race puts their body under stress, including their kidneys, they therefore don't eliminate water as effectively, which makes it easier for water to back up into the blood. Moreover, the issue is not specific to water. The same thing may occur, for instance, if you drink too much beer all at once. That is known as potomania. The good news is that severe water intoxication is uncommon and more likely to occur in kidney disease sufferers who are already unable to adequately process water. Additionally, there is a simple way to be safe. A healthy adult needs three to four litres of water on average per day. Drink only when you're thirsty and then stop, as this can also come from meals and other beverages.

Here’s a quick news of a mother who died from drinking four 16-ounces of water.

Ashley Summers, 35, told her family she felt dehydrated on a hot summer day, so they assumed the worst and she grabbed a few bottles of water, drinking four 16-ounce bottles in just 20 minutes. Ashley apparently overdid it while attempting to hydrate in the heat. When they arrived at their destination, Ashley started to cross the garage to enter the house when she passed out and never regained consciousness. Devon, Ashley's brother, claims that she immediately started feeling ill and had her head in her hands the entire time because she felt so lightheaded, and they got home she started to walk across the garage to go into the house and she passed out and never regained Consciousness after that so what does water intoxication do to the body when we talk about taking in water we talk about the fact of how much can your kidneys get rid of that fluid at a normal level if you drink too much fluid too fast.