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Water intoxication, the Glossary

Water intoxication, also known as water poisoning, hyperhydration, overhydration or water toxemia is a potentially fatal disturbance in brain functions that can result when the normal balance of electrolytes in the body is pushed outside safe limits by excessive water intake.^[1]

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Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol (born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American visual artist, film director and producer.

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Anthony Andrews

Anthony Colin Gerald Andrews (born 12 January 1948) is an English actor.

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Antioch

Antioch on the Orontes (Antiókheia hē epì Oróntou)Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου; or Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Δάφνῃ "Antioch on Daphne"; or Ἀντιόχεια ἡ Μεγάλη "Antioch the Great"; Antiochia ad Orontem; Անտիոք Antiokʽ; ܐܢܛܝܘܟܝܐ Anṭiokya; אנטיוכיה, Anṭiyokhya; أنطاكية, Anṭākiya; انطاکیه; Antakya.

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Aquagenic urticaria

Aquagenic urticaria, also known as water allergy and water urticaria, is a form of physical urticaria in which hives develop on the skin after contact with water, regardless of its temperature.

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Body water

In physiology, body water is the water content of an animal body that is contained in the tissues, the blood, the bones and elsewhere.

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Boston Marathon

The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon race hosted by several cities and towns in greater Boston in eastern Massachusetts, United States.

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Bradycardia

Bradycardia, also called bradyarrhythmia, is a resting heart rate under 60 beats per minute (BPM).

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Brain

The brain is an organ that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals.

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Brain herniation

Brain herniation is a potentially deadly side effect of very high pressure within the skull that occurs when a part of the brain is squeezed across structures within the skull.

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Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee (born Lee Jun-fan; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was a Hong Kong-American martial artist and actor.

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California State University, Chico

California State University, Chico (Chico State) is a public university in Chico, California.

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Cerebral edema

Cerebral edema is excess accumulation of fluid (edema) in the intracellular or extracellular spaces of the brain. Water intoxication and Cerebral edema are body water.

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Competition

Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game).

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Death of Leah Betts

Leah Sarah Betts (1 November 1977 – 16 November 1995) was a young woman from Latchingdon, Essex, United Kingdom, who died shortly after her 18th birthday after taking an ecstasy (MDMA) tablet, and then drinking approximately of water in a 90-minute period.

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Dehydration

In physiology, dehydration is a lack of total body water, with an accompanying disruption of metabolic processes. Water intoxication and dehydration are body water and electrolyte disturbances.

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Diabetes insipidus

Diabetes insipidus (DI), alternately called arginine vasopressin deficiency (AVP-D) or arginine vasopressin resistance (AVP-R), is a condition characterized by large amounts of dilute urine and increased thirst.

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Dihydrogen monoxide parody

The dihydrogen monoxide parody is a parody that involves calling water by its unfamiliar chemical systematic name "dihydrogen monoxide" (DHMO, or the chemical formula H2O) and describing some properties of water in a particularly concerning manner — such as the ability to accelerate corrosion (rust) and cause suffocation (drowning) — for the purpose of encouraging alarmism among the audience to often incite a moral panic calling for water to be banned, regulated strictly or labeled as a hazardous chemical.

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Diuretic

A diuretic is any substance that promotes diuresis, the increased production of urine.

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Drowning

Drowning is a type of suffocation induced by the submersion of the mouth and nose in a liquid.

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Electrolyte

An electrolyte is a medium containing ions that are electrically conductive through the movement of those ions, but not conducting electrons.

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Electrolyte imbalance

Electrolyte imbalance, or water-electrolyte imbalance, is an abnormality in the concentration of electrolytes in the body. Water intoxication and electrolyte imbalance are electrolyte disturbances.

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Exercise

Exercise is physical activity that enhances or maintains fitness and overall health.

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First Crusade

The First Crusade (1096–1099) was the first of a series of religious wars, or Crusades, initiated, supported and at times directed by the Latin Church in the Middle Ages.

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Gallbladder

In vertebrates, the gallbladder, also known as the cholecyst, is a small hollow organ where bile is stored and concentrated before it is released into the small intestine.

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Gastric intubation

Nasogastric intubation is a medical process involving the insertion of a plastic tube (nasogastric tube or NG tube) through the nose, down the esophagus, and down into the stomach.

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Gastroenteritis

Gastroenteritis, also known as infectious diarrhea, is an inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract including the stomach and intestine.

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HarperCollins

HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British-American publishing company that is considered to be one of the "Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster.

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Hazing in Greek letter organizations

Hazing in Greek letter organizations is defined as any act or set of acts that constitutes hazing and occurs in connection to a fraternity or sorority.

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Heat wave

A heat wave or heatwave, sometimes described as extreme heat, is a period of abnormally hot weather.

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Hyperkalemia

Hyperkalemia is an elevated level of potassium (K+) in the blood. Water intoxication and Hyperkalemia are electrolyte disturbances.

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Hypermagnesemia

Hypermagnesemia is an electrolyte disorder in which there is a high level of magnesium in the blood. Water intoxication and Hypermagnesemia are electrolyte disturbances.

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Hypernatremia

Hypernatremia, also spelled hypernatraemia, is a high concentration of sodium in the blood. Water intoxication and Hypernatremia are electrolyte disturbances.

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Hypokalemia

Hypokalemia is a low level of potassium (K+) in the blood serum. Water intoxication and Hypokalemia are electrolyte disturbances.

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Hyponatremia

Hyponatremia or hyponatraemia is a low concentration of sodium in the blood. Water intoxication and Hyponatremia are electrolyte disturbances.

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Intensive care medicine

Intensive care medicine, also called critical care medicine, is a medical specialty that deals with seriously or critically ill patients who have, are at risk of, or are recovering from conditions that may be life-threatening.

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Intracranial pressure

Intracranial pressure (ICP) is the pressure exerted by fluids such as cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) inside the skull and on the brain tissue.

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KDND

KDND (107.9 MHz) was an FM radio station licensed to Sacramento, California, United States.

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List of unusual deaths

This list of unusual deaths includes unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources.

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Magnesium deficiency

Magnesium deficiency is an electrolyte disturbance in which there is a low level of magnesium in the body.

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Marathon

The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of, usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes.

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Matt's Law

Matt's Law is a California law that allows for felony prosecutions when serious injuries or deaths result from hazing rituals.

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MDMA

3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), commonly known as ecstasy (tablet form), and molly or mandy (crystal form), is a potent empathogen–entactogen with stimulant and minor psychedelic properties.

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In toxicology, the median lethal dose, LD50 (abbreviation for "lethal dose, 50%"), LC50 (lethal concentration, 50%) or LCt50 is a toxic unit that measures the lethal dose of a given substance.

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My Fair Lady

My Fair Lady is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe.

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Oral rehydration therapy

Oral rehydration therapy (ORT) is a type of fluid replacement used to prevent and treat dehydration, especially due to diarrhea. Water intoxication and Oral rehydration therapy are body water.

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Osmosis

Osmosis is the spontaneous net movement or diffusion of solvent molecules through a selectively-permeable membrane from a region of high water potential (region of lower solute concentration) to a region of low water potential (region of higher solute concentration), in the direction that tends to equalize the solute concentrations on the two sides.

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Osmotic concentration

Osmotic concentration, formerly known as osmolarity, is the measure of solute concentration, defined as the number of osmoles (Osm) of solute per litre (L) of solution (osmol/L or Osm/L).

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Oxcarbazepine

Oxcarbazepine, sold under the brand name Trileptal among others, is a medication used to treat epilepsy. For epilepsy it is used for both focal seizures and generalized seizures. It has been used both alone and as add-on therapy in people with bipolar disorder who have had no success with other treatments.

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Parenteral nutrition

Parenteral nutrition (PN) is the feeding of nutritional products to a person intravenously, bypassing the usual process of eating and digestion.

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Poison

A poison is any chemical substance that is harmful or lethal to living organisms. Water intoxication and poison are Suicide by poison.

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Polydipsia

Polydipsia is excessive thirst or excess drinking.

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Potomania

Potomania (From Latin pōtō "I drink (liquor)" + mania) is a specific hypo-osmolality syndrome related to massive consumption of beer, which is poor in solutes and electrolytes.

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Primary polydipsia

Primary polydipsia and psychogenic polydipsia are forms of polydipsia characterised by excessive fluid intake in the absence of physiological stimuli to drink.

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Pulse pressure

Pulse pressure is the difference between systolic and diastolic blood pressure.

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Running

Running is a method of terrestrial locomotion by which humans and other animals move rapidly on foot.

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Scientific American

Scientific American, informally abbreviated SciAm or sometimes SA, is an American popular science magazine.

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Sodium

Sodium is a chemical element; it has symbol Na (from Neo-Latin natrium) and atomic number 11.

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Somnolence

Somnolence (alternatively sleepiness or drowsiness) is a state of strong desire for sleep, or sleeping for unusually long periods (compare hypersomnia).

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The dose makes the poison

"The dose makes the poison" (dosis sola facit venenum 'only the dose makes the poison') is an adage intended to indicate a basic principle of toxicology.

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Torture

Torture is the deliberate infliction of severe pain or suffering on a person for reasons including punishment, extracting a confession, interrogation for information, intimidating third parties, or entertainment.

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Toxicology

Toxicology is a scientific discipline, overlapping with biology, chemistry, pharmacology, and medicine, that involves the study of the adverse effects of chemical substances on living organisms and the practice of diagnosing and treating exposures to toxins and toxicants.

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Vasopressin

Human vasopressin, also called antidiuretic hormone (ADH), arginine vasopressin (AVP) or argipressin, is a hormone synthesized from the AVP gene as a peptide prohormone in neurons in the hypothalamus, and is converted to AVP.

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Vasopressin receptor antagonist

A vasopressin receptor antagonist (VRA) is an agent that interferes with action at the vasopressin receptors.

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Water

Water is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula.

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Water cure (torture)

Water cure is a form of torture in which the victim is forced to drink large quantities of water in a short time, resulting in gastric distension, water intoxication, and possibly death.

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Wii

The Wii is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication

Also known as Dilutional hyponatraemia, Dilutional hyponatremia, Hyper-hydration, Hyperhydration, Over-hydration, Overhydration, Toxicity of water, Water Poisining, Water Poisoning, Water drunk, Water overdose, Water overload, Water poisoning as a method of execution, Water toxicity.

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Water intoxication, the Glossary

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See also

Body water

Electrolyte disturbances

Intoxication

Substance intoxication

Suicide by poison

References