Drink Plenty of Water Can Cause Blindness??

A WOMAN LOSED HER SIGHT AFTER DRINKING TOO MUCH WATER 


SHE drank 7 liters of water every day with the intention to 'detoxify and reduce her blood pressure.
 
Thinking that the more water she drank, it will be better. She continued her habit and this continued for three months.

But last month, 26-year-old this Taiwanese woman was suddenly fainted. When she regained consciousness the next few days, she became blind, according to reports Apple Daily Taiwan.

Doctors said the condition of the woman known as 'chronic water intoxication.


The amount of water that she drank more than three times the daily water consumption which recommended for adults who did not move much.

Dr. Jiang Shou Shan, who take care of her, told Apple Daily Taiwan that her patient did not have a psychological illness or other health problems, except that her blood pressure alarming.
 
Her name is not mentioned in the report.

Dr. Jiang said, "She's got wrong believes that the more water she drank, the more she can lower the blood pressure. Since then, for three months, she drank 7 liters of water every day."

Dr. Jiang added that initially that women will frequent had an urination, but after some time, it turned into water poisoning.

Drinking too much water can cause hyponatremia, a condition in which sodium levels in the blood is not enough.


THE SWELLING IN BRAIN CELLS

As a result, water excess should be absorbed by her body cells.

Brain cells was getting swell after drinking water, which was resulted in the increasing pressure in her brain.

Dr. Jiang explained that the pressure resulted in bleeding in the occipital lobe (the brain of the front), which is the visual processing centers of the brain that contains most of the visual cortex

According to Drs. Jiang, "Sodium in our blood maintain our rate of cell metabolism.But once you drink too much water, sodium ions will decrease, causing the brain is getting swell. This resulted in pressure and continue to the bleeding. "

Shin Min Daily quoted a doctor's statement that drinking too much water can be fatal.

The doctor, from Raffles Hospital, says that our bodies are constantly losing water through sweat, urination and defecation or breath exhaling.

'Replacing the lost water' is essential, but the excessive rehydration can cause a fatal water overdose, said the doctor. According to the doctor, the symptoms of water intoxication include headache, fatigue, blocked nose, vomiting, frequent urination and mental disorientation.

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