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Is it possible to drink too much water? #nqlu i drink 12 glasses of water a day

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Yes : Yes you can become sick from drinking too much water. Drinking lots of water can lead to low sodium levels and cause hyponatremia. However, you would need to drink a whole lot more than 12 glasses of water per day (if the glasses were 8 to 12 ounces) to get toxic from water.

Answered 10/3/2016

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Yes: Over hydration can be very detrimental to your health. This can result in low blood sodium content leading to seizures, brain damage, behavioral problems, coma, death. Happens more commonly in people with kidney ; heart disease. A normal healthy person would have to drink > 2 gallons water per day to become over hydrated. Yor consumption is far less than that. Drink 8-10 8oz glasses/day ; add as n.

Answered 3/22/2014

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