Sentences with phrase «of water intoxication»

The greatest risk of water intoxication for babies can be seizures.

Symptoms of water intoxication include confusion, drowsiness, twitching, poor breathing and vomiting, reports the Children's Hospital of St. Louis.

Doing so will lessen the amount of nutrients he is supposed to receive, and may even be the cause of water intoxication.

Therefore, early signs of water intoxication are nerve related and quite subtle, such as feeling irritated and drowsy, or observable mental fatigue.

The combination of water intoxication and hyponatremia is one grave example.

The serious problems of water intoxication and hyponatremia should also be put in perspective to other deaths that occur during endurance events.

This serious condition, called exercise associated hyponatremia encephalopathy or EAHE, despite being uncommon, is one reason why so much is being made of water intoxication.

In 1985, Noakes and colleagues published a groundbreaking research paper in the journal Science and Medicine in Sports and Exercise, which described the occurrence of water intoxication, too much body water, and hyponatremia, low blood sodium, in four endurance athletes competing for over seven hours.

The acceptance of water intoxication, while mentioned in magazines and other media, has not always resulted in changes in race day encouragement of more fluid intake, although more medical directors at races are making the warning to not drink to excess.

Not only do they not need water, but drinking water places them at risk of water intoxication (over-dilution of the bloodstream), which can cause seizures.

Early symptoms of water intoxication can include irritability and drowsiness.

Losing sodium can affect brain activity, so early symptoms of water intoxication can include irritability, drowsiness and other mental changes.

Another much more serious risk is that of water intoxication, which can be life threatening, too.

This is because even though that water is mixed into the milk, it can still be in excessive portion and can put your baby at risk of water intoxication.