It has been a while since I've updated my blog. Now that I have some time on my hands to post some of my ideas with the help of other sources on and off the web. I am again on my quest for another health and wellness ideas and blog posts. Today I'm starting with water (H2O), and we all know how water is essential to our life and health- a shortage of water can cause dehydration and too much may cause water intoxication.
So I'll be starting with the effects of too much water intake for a change. Why do they say that we drink more water and then now it can even cause death?!
According to a source, we must realize that drinking more water than what is essentially needed will cause harm to our systems. That doesn't mean that we need to restrict our water consumption. What is important is for us to drink water in a healthy moderation in order for our system to fully manage and regulate the amount of liquid that goes into our body. Once you force your body to take in large amount of water in a short time, it is highly natural for your kidney to struggle while eliminating enough water out from the body to keep the water level sufficient and at a safety level.
The circulatory system then becomes diluted with the excess amount of water and electrolyte concentration in your blood will drop in response to the concentration of electrolytes in the cells. In relation to the effort maintained to keep the balance of electrolytes between the body and the cells, will cause the cells to swell. If this happens in your brain, increased pressure in the intracranial occurs whereby your brain will get squeezed the flat bones that makes up the skull will not be able to put in much help.
Depending on the amount of water that you ingest, you might experience different types of symptom that can cause a mild headache to an impaired breathing. Understandably, you may also want to know what you can do when you are experiencing water intoxication.
So the question here is: What is water intoxication and what can it to our health?
Water intoxication, also known as water poisoning or dilutional hyponatremia in wikipedia.org, is a potentially fatal disturbance in brain functions that results when the normal balance of electrolytes in the body is pushed outside safe limits as an example is hyponatremia by overhydration or over-consumption of water.
Water intoxication happens when too much water enters the body's cells where it causes the tissues to swell because of excess fluid. Our cells maintain that specific amount of concentration or gradient so what happens is that excess water outside the cells(the serum) will have to draw sodium from within the cells and then out into the serum as an attempt to re-establish or regulate the concentration that is needed. Therefore, as more water accumulates the more serum sodium concentration drops happens which is known as hyponatremia.
If water intoxication occurs, this will provoke disturbances in the electrolyte balance that results in a rapid decrease in serum sodium concentration and can cause fatal death. The development of acute dilutional hyponatremia can pose a neurological symptom as a result of the movement of water into the brain cells as a response to the deficiency in extracellular osmolality.
This may also produce the same effects as one would have experience form drowning in fresh water.
The unbalanced electrolyte with the swelling of tissues cab cause the heart to beat irregularly giving way for the fluids to enter the lungs that cause eyelids to flutter. The swelling will place a pressure on the brain and nerves that may provoke behaviors akin to alcohol intoxication. Brain tissue swelling may cause seizures, coma and may ultimately lead to death, unless acted upon with restricted water intake and a hypertonic saline solution (salt solution) is administered. However, if a treatment is provided before swelling occurs to cause damage on cellular tissues then a complete recovery will take place in just a short period of time or a few days after.
So I'll be starting with the effects of too much water intake for a change. Why do they say that we drink more water and then now it can even cause death?!
According to a source, we must realize that drinking more water than what is essentially needed will cause harm to our systems. That doesn't mean that we need to restrict our water consumption. What is important is for us to drink water in a healthy moderation in order for our system to fully manage and regulate the amount of liquid that goes into our body. Once you force your body to take in large amount of water in a short time, it is highly natural for your kidney to struggle while eliminating enough water out from the body to keep the water level sufficient and at a safety level.
The circulatory system then becomes diluted with the excess amount of water and electrolyte concentration in your blood will drop in response to the concentration of electrolytes in the cells. In relation to the effort maintained to keep the balance of electrolytes between the body and the cells, will cause the cells to swell. If this happens in your brain, increased pressure in the intracranial occurs whereby your brain will get squeezed the flat bones that makes up the skull will not be able to put in much help.
Depending on the amount of water that you ingest, you might experience different types of symptom that can cause a mild headache to an impaired breathing. Understandably, you may also want to know what you can do when you are experiencing water intoxication.
So the question here is: What is water intoxication and what can it to our health?
Water intoxication, also known as water poisoning or dilutional hyponatremia in wikipedia.org, is a potentially fatal disturbance in brain functions that results when the normal balance of electrolytes in the body is pushed outside safe limits as an example is hyponatremia by overhydration or over-consumption of water.
Water intoxication happens when too much water enters the body's cells where it causes the tissues to swell because of excess fluid. Our cells maintain that specific amount of concentration or gradient so what happens is that excess water outside the cells(the serum) will have to draw sodium from within the cells and then out into the serum as an attempt to re-establish or regulate the concentration that is needed. Therefore, as more water accumulates the more serum sodium concentration drops happens which is known as hyponatremia.
If water intoxication occurs, this will provoke disturbances in the electrolyte balance that results in a rapid decrease in serum sodium concentration and can cause fatal death. The development of acute dilutional hyponatremia can pose a neurological symptom as a result of the movement of water into the brain cells as a response to the deficiency in extracellular osmolality.
This may also produce the same effects as one would have experience form drowning in fresh water.
The unbalanced electrolyte with the swelling of tissues cab cause the heart to beat irregularly giving way for the fluids to enter the lungs that cause eyelids to flutter. The swelling will place a pressure on the brain and nerves that may provoke behaviors akin to alcohol intoxication. Brain tissue swelling may cause seizures, coma and may ultimately lead to death, unless acted upon with restricted water intake and a hypertonic saline solution (salt solution) is administered. However, if a treatment is provided before swelling occurs to cause damage on cellular tissues then a complete recovery will take place in just a short period of time or a few days after.
In the late 19th century, the expropriation of the term "water cure", which is already in use in the therapeutic sense that would by then mean as the exact opposite of therapy which is torture. This in a sense has created the hallmark arising in the sense of irony. And I should believe this was done to prevent reactions to water cure therapy and its promotion.