LittleWench -> RE: Toilet Timing/Training (12/9/2007 4:51:51 PM)
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Depending on the amount of fluid intake and the time period it's held, it could actually kill you. Your first post clearly states that depending on the amount of fluid intake AND the period it's held (not just that the fluid intake is responsible but the combination of the two), IT (the combined activity of drinking excessive fluids and holding your urine) could actually kill you. quote:
My comment clearly states that an excessive amount of fluid intake can be dangerous. I referred to the contest to illustrate that point. I never said that the woman in the contest died from holding her urine. My issue with your post is this. Hyponatremia has absolutely nothing to do with urine retention and everything to do with water consumption. Other cases of victims of hyponatremia are as follows.... - Matthew Carrington, a student at California State University in Chico, California, died of hyponatremia in February 2005 during a fraternity hazing ritual [1].
- James McBride, a police officer with the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, died of hyponatremia on August 10, 2005. Officer McBride had been participating in a strenuous bicycle patrol training course. During a 12-mile (19 km) training ride on the second day of the course, Officer McBride drank as much as three gallons (11 liters) of water[2].
- Leah Betts[4] died on the 16th of November 1995 after taking an ecstasy tablet at her 18th birthday party and subsequently drinking too much water; the case received mass media coverage throughout the United Kingdom, which focused on the dangers of ecstasy.
- After completing the 2007 London Marathon, 22-year-old David Rogers collapsed and later died as a result of hyponatremia.[4]
None of these victims participated in holding their urine. They developed hyponatremia from excessive fluid consumption. In a post that is about retaining urine you mention one of the dangers is that you could die. You mention Jennifer Strange's case and the Hold your Wee for a Wii competition as evidence that this is so. Which is clearly not true. Had I, or someone similar, not done the research to debuke your claim, other readers of this post could go away believing what you stated is fact, when it is not. It is this type of post that rather than educating (which I believe was actually your intent) causes disinformation and hysteria.
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