What symptom is water poisoning

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Water is an essential thing in our life, people can not eat, but can not drink water. Water provides us with a lot of energy, but we don't know that drinking too much water is toxic. Water poisoning is a kind of dehydration caused by excessive water intake. Although the chance of water poisoning death is very low, it is still possible. Therefore, we need to pay attention to the use of drinking water in our life. Let's take a look at the characteristics of water poisoning symptoms.

What symptom is water poisoning

In short, after water poisoning, people will be very tired and want to sleep. The reason for this problem is that too much water in the body leads to the decrease of plasma osmotic pressure and the increase of intracranial pressure, which will make people have a very headache and want to sleep. Some people also have loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting.

The earliest symptoms of water poisoning are usually mild, which is very similar to dehydration. If you drink water again at this time, it will aggravate the symptoms of water poisoning. The most serious situation is that it will cause epilepsy, coma and even death. Because after drinking a lot of water, the body's antidiuretic hormone will be reduced, people will want to go to the toilet.

In addition to some of the above situations, water poisoning often occurs in daily life, but the degree is relatively light and has not attracted people's attention. Especially in the hot summer, after people sweat a lot, there is no way to decompose sodium in the body, including muscle pain of arm, thigh and calf, which is generally the manifestation of mild water poisoning.

matters needing attention

We all know that drinking water can be toxic. So we can't simply and rudely think that drinking more water is good. We should drink water scientifically and reasonably. We must pay attention to using reasonable methods.