SandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 8 months agoIf you were offered knowledge of exactly when and how you'll die, would you take it? Why or why not?message-squaremessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up196arrow-down12
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minus-squareyngmnwntr@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·8 months agoYou can dehydrate yourself by drinking too much water. You flush the salts out of your system and get water poisoning and die of dehydration anyway.
minus-squareBreadOven@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·8 months agoIt’s not dehydration, it’s hyponatremia. The danger is due to brain swelling.
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoIt is dehydration, just a different type. Losing mainly fluid is known as hypertonic dehydration – or hypernatremia. Losing mainly sodium is known as hypotonic dehydration – or hyponatremia
You can dehydrate yourself by drinking too much water. You flush the salts out of your system and get water poisoning and die of dehydration anyway.
It’s not dehydration, it’s hyponatremia. The danger is due to brain swelling.
It is dehydration, just a different type.
Losing mainly fluid is known as hypertonic dehydration – or hypernatremia. Losing mainly sodium is known as hypotonic dehydration – or hyponatremia