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Can someone die from excessive water intake?

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Chapter Urinary System

Excessive water intake is known as water intoxication and is the direct result of drinking too much water at too quickly a rate. The excess water greatly dilutes the nutrients and ions in the body. The result is that the body cannot carry out its functions. In particular, when the sodium ion concentration decreases, hyponatremia occurs, which may lead to coma and death.