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==Overview==
== [[Water intoxication overview|Overview]] ==


==Treatment==
== [[Water intoxication historical perspective|Historical Perspective]] ==


==Notable cases ==
== [[Water intoxication pathophysiology|Pathophysiology]] ==


* On January 12, 2007, Jennifer Strange, a 28-year-old woman and a mother of 3, from Rancho Cordova, California, was found dead in her home by her mother hours after trying to win one of Nintendo's Wii game consoles in KDND 107.9 "The End" radio station's "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" contest, which involved drinking large quantities of water without urinating. However, no criminal charges were pressed.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16614865/ | title=Woman dies after water-drinking contest | date=January 13 2007| publisher=MSNBC | accessdate=2007-05-10}}</ref>  The Federal Communications Commission has launched its own investigation to determine if the station violated the terms of its operating license.
== [[Water intoxication causes|Causes]] ==
* Leah Betts<ref>{{cite web | url=http://thedea.org/hyponatremia.html | title=Hyponatremia ("Water Intoxication") | publisher=The DEA.org | accessdate=2007-05-10}}</ref> died on the 16th of November 1995 after taking an [[MDMA|ecstasy]] tablet at her 18th birthday party and subsequently drinking too much water; the case received mass media coverage throughout the United Kingdom.
* In a much-publicized case of fraternity hazing, four members of the Chi Tau (formerly Delta Sigma Phi) House at California State University, Chico pleaded guilty to forcing 21-year-old student Matthew Carrington to drink excessive amounts of [[water]] while performing calisthenics in a frigid basement as part of initiation rites on February 2, 2005.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newsreview.com/chico/Content?oid=oid%3A33779 | title=Another death in the family | date=[[2005-02-10]] | first=Mark | last=Lore | publisher=Chico news & review | accessdate=2007-05-10}}</ref> He collapsed and died of [[heart failure]] due to water intoxication.
* On September 12, 1999, US Air Force basic trainee Michael J. Schindler died of [[hyperthermia|heat stroke]], severely complicated by water intoxication, two days after becoming seriously ill during a 5.8 mile march. The Air Force changed its recruit training procedures as a result.<ref>{{cite news |first=Peter|last=Grier|title=Airman's Death Brings Training Changes|url=http://www.afa.org/magazine/Jan2000/0100world.asp#anchornine|work=Aerospace World|publisher=Air Force Magazine Online|date=January, 2000|accessdate=2007-01-20}}</ref>
* New Zealand race-walker Craig Barrett collapsed during the last kilometer of the 50 km walk in the 1998 Commonwealth Games in a non-fatal case of water intoxication.
* Other notable fatalities due to water intoxication include Andy Warhol,  Anna Wood, <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/mdma/mdma_health5.shtml | title=Reasons for dispensing with the holding of an inquest | accessdate=2007-05-10}}</ref> 2002 Boston Marathon competitor Cynthia Lucero,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thebostonchannel.com/newscenter5/1610699/detail.html | title=Doctors: Marathoner Died From Too Much Water | date=August 13 2002 | accessdate=2007-05-10}}</ref> and Washington, D.C. police officer James McBride.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/10/AR2005081001460.html | title=District Officer Dies After Bike Ride: Over-Hydration Cited as Factor | date=August 11 2005 | publisher=Washington Post | accessdate=2007-05-10}}</ref>


==See also==
== [[Water intoxication differential diagnosis|Differentiating Water Intoxication from other Diseases]] ==


*[[Electrolyte]]s
== [[Water intoxication epidemiology and demographics|Epidemiology and Demographics]] ==
*[[Hyponatremia]]
*[[Hypernatremia]]
*[[Oral rehydration therapy]]
*[[Polydipsia]]
*[[Aquagenous Urticaria]]


==References==
== [[Water intoxication risk factors|Risk Factors]] ==
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== [[Water intoxication natural history, complications and prognosis|Natural History, Complications and Prognosis]] ==
 
== Diagnosis ==
 
[[Water intoxication history and symptoms|History and Symptoms]] | [[Water intoxication physical examination|Physical Examination]] | [[Water intoxication laboratory findings|Laboratory Findings]] | [[Water intoxication other diagnostic studies|Other Diagnostic Studies]]
 
== Treatment ==
 
[[Water intoxication medical therapy|Medical Therapy]] |  [[Water intoxication primary prevention|Primary Prevention]] | [[Water intoxication secondary prevention|Secondary Prevention]] | [[Water intoxication cost-effectiveness of therapy|Cost-Effectiveness of Therapy]] | [[Water intoxication future or investigational therapies|Future or Investigational Therapies]]
 
==Case Studies==
 
[[Water intoxication case study one|Case #1]]
 
==Related Chapters==
 
* [[Electrolyte]]s
* [[Hyponatremia]]
* [[Hypernatremia]]
* [[Oral rehydration therapy]]
* [[Polydipsia]]
* [[Aquagenous Urticaria]]
* [[Self-induced water intoxication and schizophrenic disorders syndrome]]


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