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A 35-year-old American lady passed away as a result of water toxicity, an unanticipated and rarely known health issue. According to news sources, Indiana native Ashley Summers was on vacation with her family over the Fourth of July holiday when she ended up in the hospital. In an effort to feel better, she drank four bottles of water in a short period of time after feeling dehydrated due to the intense heat. This well-intentioned act, however, had unanticipated results.
She drank 4 bottles in 20 minutes leading to her death!
Ms Ashley’s older brother, Devon Miller shared what all happened. “Someone said she drank four bottles of water in that 20 minutes. I mean, an average water bottle is like 16 ounces, so that was 64 ounces (approximately 2 litres) that she drank in the span of 20 minutes. That’s half a gallon,” he said.
Mr. Miller claims that when his sister arrived home, she passed out in the garage and never came to. “My sister, Holly, called me, and she was just an absolute wreck. She was like ‘Ashley is in the hospital. She has brain swelling, they don’t know what’s causing it, they don’t know what they can do to get it to go down, and it’s not looking good,”” said Mr Miller.
Ashley dies of Hyponatremia
When the salt level in your blood is “abnormally low,” a condition known as hyponatremia, which also goes by the name water toxicity, arises. The doctors informed Ms. Ashley’s family of this when she passed away. “It was a shock to all of us. When they first started talking about water toxicity. It was like this is a thing?” Mr Miller recalled.
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Water Toxicity explained
Water toxicity can be lethal, although being uncommon. It happens when a person drinks too much water in a short amount of time or when the kidneys retain too much water as a result of underlying medical issues. Water poisoning symptoms include feeling generally ill, as well as having headaches, nausea, tightness in the muscles, and nausea.
A toxicologist at the hospital named Dr. Blake Froberg noted that the uncommon cause of death is more likely to happen in the summer, if a person works outside, or if they exercise regularly. “There are certain things that can make someone more at risk for it, but the overall thing that happens is that you have too much water and not enough sodium in your body,” he said, noting it’s important for people to drink things that have electrolytes, sodium and potassium.
