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Can you consume too much water throughout the day?

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A pituitary gland problem, eg. caused by a tumor or head injury such as in a car accident, can also result in the kidneys removing excessive water from the body, and even result in severe dehydration if the body isn't aggressively replenished with water constantly. You'd probably be waking up at night just to drink water if this were the case tho.
 
Originally posted by: KeithTalent
I was under the impression water intoxication only occurrs when you consume a large amount of water all at the same time.

If I drink 20 glasses of water throughout the day I am fine, but if I were to drink them all in about 5 minutes I could die from water intoxication.

KT

Edit: if you are actually thirsty all the time, then yes, it could indicate you have diabetes.
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I always feel thirsty.

I tried cutting back, only having 2 bottles during school, coming home and having another 2, and I'm drinking one as we speak. I take a drink, wait about ~50 seconds, and then I get that thirsty sensation again.
 
Originally posted by: Moonbeam
The risk is hyponatremia, the removal of too much salt, electrolytes, from the body by pissing too much.
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And it's even worse if he drinks RO water!:Q



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Originally posted by: jjsole
Originally posted by: Nocturnal
I started drinking a lot of water too. I don't know how much per day but I would say at least several full cups. I also started to piss every half hour to an hour.

I went in for blood work recently and had no signs of diabetes. So it may not be but to be on the safe side, I'd go get it checked out.
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You're 'supposed to' drink 8 cups of water a day...
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Most people get a decent bit of their water from the food they eat. Obviously things are different if you're in the desert, but for the most part, people who are eating regularly don't need to drink 8 glasses of water as well.
 
Originally posted by: jjsole
A pituitary gland problem, eg. caused by a tumor or head injury such as in a car accident, can also result in the kidneys removing excessive water from the body, and even result in severe dehydration if the body isn't aggressively replenished with water constantly. You'd probably be waking up at night just to drink water if this were the case tho.
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This is why the OP needs to get to a doctor asap ... diabetes may be the most common condition that causes excessive thirst but its by no means the only possibility.




Originally posted by: amjohns5
I'm making the appointment as we speak.
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Good for you! :thumbsup:
 
"Most water intoxication is caused by hyponatremia, an overdilution of sodium in the blood plasma, which in turn causes an osmotic shift of water from extracellular fluid (outside of cells) to intracellular fluid (within cells). The cells swell as a result of changes in osmotic pressure and may cease to function."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication

You should be learning about osmosis in high school (I think). So you can apply this type of scenario to that knowledge as a way of understanding the pros and cons of a passive system such as this.

Also, a side effect of your drinking spree (getting up to piss every 30 minutes), is that it is most likely effecting your learning as you continuously break up your classes. Unless you are timing these bathroom breaks between every class.
 
If the doc says you don't need a blood test, insist. If he or she refuses get another doc. I'm a health professional and a diabetic. As strange as it may be, some (thank goodness fewer now) will just blow it off. If that happens you have the wrong doc for anything.
 
dammit, I fastforwarded to the last page to see if the English versus english debate was still raging. I am disappointed. 🙁
 
Originally posted by: CPA
dammit, I fastforwarded to the last page to see if the English versus english debate was still raging. I am disappointed. 🙁
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I'm willing to continue if someone feels like arguing the losing side. :laugh:
 
Originally posted by: LoKe
Originally posted by: CPA
dammit, I fastforwarded to the last page to see if the English versus english debate was still raging. I am disappointed. 🙁
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I'm willing to continue if someone feels like arguing the losing side. :laugh:
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"When I hit a rock I wasn't expecting, I had to use a lot of body english to keep the motorcycle upright."

'bout the closest I could come. It's still wrong.
 
Originally posted by: LoKe
Originally posted by: CPA
dammit, I fastforwarded to the last page to see if the English versus english debate was still raging. I am disappointed. 🙁
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I'm willing to continue if someone feels like arguing the losing side. :laugh:
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Wikipedia agrees with you

In English, the names of days of the week, months and languages are capitalized, as are demonyms like Englishman, Arab. In other languages, practice varies[4].
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