Water Intake

[Bazile]

Is drinking more than a certain quantity of water within an hour bad for your kidneys ?

[Old_Geezer]

I think you can overdose on anything if you take enough of it.

[Sqad]

No, I think that healthy kidneys could cope with such a scenario, providing that is was not more than a couple of litres or so, in that hour and under normal circumstances.

[Bazile]

I came across this , which prompted me to ask the question

https://www.heart.co.uk/news/drinking-water-could-kill-you-litre-hour/#:~:text=The%20average%20adult%20needs%20between,putting%20your%20kidneys%20in%20danger.

[barry1010]

Here's one report of a death https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/wbna16614865

[rockyracoon]

I'm on medication that can cause hyponatraemia (low sodium), if I drink too much fluid whilst on it. I believe, it would take more than a few hours to become dangerous though. Unmedicated, I'd drink at least 10 litres a day. My endo says the kidneys will cope.

[jno]

wasn't there a girl about 20 years ago who took ecstasy before a party and, having heard that they might cause dehydration, drank too much water to counteract it? She died but I thought I'd read that she was effectively deemed to have drowned. I don't remember her name.

[rockyracoon]

I vaguely remember that, jno.

[jno]

that's right, Leah Betts, drank 7 litres in 90 minutes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Leah_Betts

I remember an E-taking acquaintance being very upset about her.

[ladybirder]

1.7 litres a day is about what we should drink daily. I've been ill when I don't drink enough and get dehydrated. Trouble is I almost never feel thirsty.

[Bazile]

rockyracoon

//Unmedicated, I'd drink at least 10 litres a day. My endo says the kidneys will cope.//

Really - normally you drink 10 litres a day ?

I'm just visualising that.
That's five 2 litre size bottles of coke in quantity .

You really drink that much daily ?

[rockyracoon]

Yep. I'm deficient in the antidiuretic hormone, arginine vasopressin. So, unmedicated, everything I drink I will pee out very quickly. I spent a year undiagnosed, drinking between 8-10 litres a day and was still bordering on being dehydrated. I can't express in words how awful it was. With that in mind, my input is considered mild compared to some, who drink up to 20 litres a day. Imagine that.

Now I'm medicated I have to watch what I drink, within reason, and ensure that meds have worn off, and thirst starts again before taking the next dose. That way I release any free water and save myself from low sodium and a hospital visit.

It sucks, but it won't kill me.

[Redhelen72]

I’m lucky if I drink a litre and a half a day

[rockyracoon]

I'd drink that in cocktails :0)

[Bazile]

sqad
From my link

//The average adult needs between 3-4 litres of water each day but drinking more than 800ml within an hour could be putting your kidneys in danger.//

What do you think about the 800 ml within an hour ,
stated ?

[rockyracoon]

I think 3-4 litres a day is a bit of a stretch. Unless in includes food stuff as well as fluids.

[Redhelen72]

Lol Rocky

[Old_Geezer]

If 800ml within an hour could be putting your kidneys in danger, then once dreads to think how the kidneys of those knocking back pints of beer at the pub manages to survive the week.

[Sqad]

Bazile, I can only disgree with the statement in that article and reiterate that in my opinion normal healthy kidneys can easily cope with 800mls of water in one hour.

[Bazile]

sqad
Did you mean to say - MORE than 800 mls per hour ?

[Sqad]

No Bazile, you are correct, I should have written MORE than 800mls.