I remember the story about the woman who won a water drinking contest for some morning radio show and died because she drank too much water. I don’t remember the exact terminology.
Hyponatraemia. As Chubby Emu might put it (and indeed might have), “hypo” meaning low or below, “natrio” meaning sodium and “(h)aemia” meaning blood. Low sodium in the blood. You know those electrolytes they always talk about being good for you? Sodium is one of those.
Any drug can be a lethal OD if you take enough of it, even over the counter stuff.
There’s even an LD50 for water if you can believe it.
I remember the story about the woman who won a water drinking contest for some morning radio show and died because she drank too much water. I don’t remember the exact terminology.
Hyponatraemia. As Chubby Emu might put it (and indeed might have), “hypo” meaning low or below, “natrio” meaning sodium and “(h)aemia” meaning blood. Low sodium in the blood. You know those electrolytes they always talk about being good for you? Sodium is one of those.
Basically diluted herself to death.
Anna Wood drank too much water and suffered water intoxication that led to her death.
Huh, that’s the first time I’ve seen a thorn character on Lemmy
I only noticed it with op
I’m also partial to ð, ſ, æ, ᵫ, œ, and ƿ
You would be
I’ve just been seeing them around today, for some reason. Glitch in the matrix?