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Drinking too much water is fatal. can anyone give me a list of diseases that include such symptoms?

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Dr. Shirlene Moten answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Pschogenic polydipsi: Psychogenic polydipsia, is an urge to drink water ususally cause by a mental health disorder, or medications used to treat a mental health disoerder, that gives a person the sensation of a dry mouth. Potomania is another condition wherby one drinks an excessive amount of water which can lead to a severe drop in sodium (hyponatremia) resulting in seisures and potentially death.

Answered 4/7/2013

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