"Near Leathal Overdose" on H20 (Water)

I came across the following article in The Telegraph:

The young man was admitted to hospital with severe water intoxication after drinking five litres of water during a workout session.

Doctors called it a "near lethal dose" and said he was lucky to be alive after the extremely rare condition led to widespread muscle seizures and kidney failure.

The illness is usually linked to marathon runners who drink too much after a race. It causes dangerously low salt levels in the blood and can lead to fatal brain swelling, organ failure, coma and cardiac arrest.

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