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This says he drank distilled water, which seems to imply no electrolyte. Any idea how soon you could expect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyponatremia http://en.
by abecedarius 13y ago
This says he drank distilled water, which seems to imply no electrolyte. Any idea how soon you could expect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyponatremia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyponatremia ?
(I only skimmed bits of the article.)
- refurb 13y agoNormal tap water has a pretty low sodium content anyways (4.8 ppm in SF), so why would distilled water be that much worse? Blood is typically 3.3g/L or 3.3 ppt. Your kidneys are pretty dam good at reabsorbing essential ions. I'm sure an electrolyte imbalance would be an issue eventually, I'm just not sure distilled water would make that much of a difference.
- abecedarius 13y agowhy would distilled water be that much worse? Not what I meant: I'd wonder the same thing about tap water. The question is isotonic vs. low-salt; distilled just takes it to its extreme. (When I found out about hyponatremia the hard way, it was with tap water.)
- sp332 13y agoHyponatremia is usually caused by drinking so much water that it dilutes the sodium in your blood, not by losing sodium out of your blood over time. It would take a long time to lose that much sodium! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overhydration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overhydration