A 35-year-old woman dies from drinking too much water after feeling dehydrated on vacation

A 35-year-old woman, mother of two young children, has died in Indiana (United States) after ingesting too much water, according to American media such as the 'New York Post'.

Her family has assured that the woman began to feel bad during her vacation. I had severe headaches, dizziness and vomiting. At that time, due to the heat, she thought she might be dehydrated, so she drank four bottles of water in 20 minutes.. Each of them had a capacity for approximately half a liter.

According to the aforementioned media, the woman, after returning from the trip, fainted in the garage of her house. She was taken to IU Health Arnett Hospital but never recovered and doctors then told her family that she had died from something called “water toxicity”.. It is also known as water poisoning or water intoxication and occurs when too much water is consumed in a short period of time, or if the kidneys retain too much water due to a health problem..

Dr. Blake Froberg, a toxicologist at the hospital, says this is more likely to occur during the summer or among people who work outdoors or exercise frequently.. “What happens is you have too much water and you don't have enough sodium in your body,” he says.