The doctor told about the way to drink water, which can be life-threatening

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Drinking too much water in a short period of time threatens brain swelling, warned emergency room doctor Eugene Wortsman.

Water poisoning, or hyperhydria, he explained, is possible when the body takes in more water than it can process — that is, more than a liter per hour. If you drink a lot of water too quickly, he continued, the body stops functioning normally — the electrolyte balance is disrupted. “The way salt, potassium and calcium work in the body affects the functioning of nerves, muscles and the brain. If the salt level is drastically reduced, hyponatremia leads to dysfunction of this,” he said.

In the worst case scenario, Wortsman continued, the body throws excess water into the brain tissue. “You start to have brain swelling, dropsy. The brain swells, and there is little room in the skull for swelling, and everything can end very badly quickly,” he said.

Early symptoms of water poisoning, Wortsman specified, are nausea, vomiting, cramps, weakness, blurred consciousness, which can double in a person’s eyes. The doctor advised drinking water little by little throughout the day – 2.5 liters for women and 3.5 liters for men.