[Freedom Dignity n Honor]

Oh here is another one. I think I remember this one in the news.

"Fraternity Water Torture REPORT: A possible hazing stunt puts a Dallas college student in the hospital. A 21-year-old student at Southern Methodist University remained hospitalized in critical condition Monday after chugging water in an off-campus competition with fraternity members. Braylon Curry, a pledge with Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, drank an unknown amount of water from a gallon container early Saturday morning and was hospitalized hours later after becoming dazed and incoherent, Dallas police said. Authorities said they were continuing their investigation but had not ruled out hazing. According to a police report, some alcohol was consumed at the competition but Curry drank only water. The fraternity, which only this spring was reinstated at SMU after a three-year suspension for hazing, has been suspended pending the outcome of the investigation, Caswell said. Excessive consumption of water can be fatal, causing pulmonary edema, a condition in which water enters the lungs, and hyponatremia, a sodium imbalance brought on by excess fluid consumption. The average person can consume up to 15 liters of water in a 24-hour period, but drinking too much too quickly can swell brain cells and cause head pressure, said Dr. Greg Blomquist, an emergency room doctor at Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas."

http://www.thesakeofargument.com/archives/2003_11.html

http://www.gssiweb.com/reflib/refs/604/SSE_88_Content.cfm?pf=1&CFID=1620319&CFTOKEN=30980571

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I did hear at one time about the "too much water thing" but never followed up on it and then forgot about it.

Thanks for bringing it up.

[unbalanced but fair]

So basically, a person who over hydrates can die from something other than pulmonary edema?