Not Yet Rated Woman Dies Trying to Win a Wii

#  Jan 15, 2007 at 11:15 PM

Join Date: Dec 20, 2006 Post Count: 234   Zune User User Options View All Posts By Zune User View Zune User's Stats     WTF? No BS the woman died from drinking too much water and holding it. The coroner called it water intoxification whatever the heck that means. Water overdose kills woman in Wii challenge | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited

#  Jan 15, 2007 at 11:18 PM

Join Date: Dec 20, 2006 Post Count: 234   Zune User User Options View All Posts By Zune User View Zune User's Stats     Wait, update, here's what it means: Water intoxication, also known as hyponatremia, is extremely rare and only usually affects endurance athletes, such as long distance runners. The condition is caused by a loss of sodium in the blood due to sweating and dilution by drinking large volumes of water. Typical symptoms include nausea, vomiting and headache. In the most serious cases the brain swells causing confusion, seizures, coma and even death.

#  Jan 16, 2007 at 2:26 PM

Join Date: Jan 12, 2007 Post Count: 223   taiarain User Options View All Posts By taiarain View taiarain's Stats     Yeah, water intoxication is real and scary. Most often, you hear about it in athletes or dieters. The general rule of thumb for water intake is that you should not consume more than forty ounces in any given hour (and honestly, you shouldn't get that close to forty either). In her first hour there in the contest, she would have met the forty ounces. This is just so sad and tragic.

#  Jan 25, 2007 at 3:23 PM

Join Date: Jan 12, 2007 Post Count: 223   taiarain User Options View All Posts By taiarain View taiarain's Stats     hastetheday2k6;1989 said: i didnt even know that that was possible! holy piss! for real? holding water kills ya! It's not the holding that kills you, it's the intake. Too much water can lead to an imbalance of electrolytes in the blood stream and tanking blood pressure. IIRC, the electrolyte imbalance is what ends up killing you.

#  Jan 25, 2007 at 1:48 AM

Join Date: Jan 21, 2007 Post Count: 34   games682 User Options View All Posts By games682 View games682's Stats     wow that surprises me a lot. I guess when they say "when you have to much of anything it hurts you" its true.

#  Jan 24, 2007 at 7:47 AM

Join Date: Jan 24, 2007 Post Count: 6   inkedmama User Options View All Posts By inkedmama View inkedmama's Stats     That's really sad...she has 3 kids too. I hate hearing stuff like that.

#  Jan 24, 2007 at 4:59 PM

Join Date: Jan 19, 2007 Post Count: 11   hastetheday2k6 User Options View All Posts By hastetheday2k6 View hastetheday2k6's Stats     i didnt even know that that was possible! holy piss! for real? holding water kills ya!

#  Mar 24, 2007 at 2:57 AM

Join Date: Mar 24, 2007 Post Count: 10   aggiebychoice User Options View All Posts By aggiebychoice View aggiebychoice's Stats     What is really sad is a caller called in to the radio show and warned them that this could happen, and they laughed and said they didn't care because she had signed a waiver.

#  Mar 24, 2007 at 5:04 AM

Join Date: Mar 07, 2007 Post Count: 45   kknight0506 User Options View All Posts By kknight0506 View kknight0506's Stats     drinking too much water must have decreased the sodium levels below the permissible levels. and thats when it becomes really bad as it can lead to death.

#  Mar 28, 2007 at 1:14 AM

Join Date: Jan 12, 2007 Post Count: 223   taiarain User Options View All Posts By taiarain View taiarain's Stats     aggiebychoice;2606 said: What is really sad is a caller called in to the radio show and warned them that this could happen, and they laughed and said they didn't care because she had signed a waiver. And the tape of the phone call is going to be key in the lawsuit. They can't claim ignorance and they can't claim privacy.