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ankles, and legs, which appear to plump. But it's when the cells in the brain begin to swell that edema becomes most problematic.
Confined to the skull, ballooning neurons quickly run out of room to expand and when the brain swells, things can get ugly. Early
symptoms can, paradoxically, resemble heat stroke, and include headache, diarrhea, nausea, cramping, and vomiting. In cases where
water intake greatly exceeds the kidney's processing abilities, M. Amin Arnaout, chief of nephrology at Massachusetts General Hospital
and Harvard Medical School tells Scientific American that symptoms can escalate to include seizure, coma, respiratory arrest, brain
stem herniation, and death.
Cases Of Extreme Hydration
It is, thankfully, quite difficult to flummox a healthy pair of kidneys accidentally. It is a testament to the water-processing abilities of this
organ that most cases of water poisoning are restricted to extreme instances of hazing and drinking contests