Doctor Alexander Myasnikov: it is normal to drink up to a liter of water per day.
Do I need to drink a lot of water? Discussing this, Dr. Myasnikov said that there is a violation in the form of psychogenic polydipsia. Suffering from it, a person is able to drink up to ten liters of water per day. The specialist noted that in this case, water significantly dilutes the concentration of sodium in the blood – this is precisely what is dangerous in the first place, drinking large amounts of water.
“Water can dilute sodium, and when its concentration drops to less than 120 milligrams in the blood, then yes, indeed, there can be convulsions and swelling of the brain,” Alexander Myasnikov will share with the Public News Service.
The doctor stated, that you should drink water when you are thirsty. If we take the average parameter, then the human body needs water in an amount of up to one liter per day. Myasnikov called a dangerously large amount of drinking water
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“You shouldn’t drink more than three liters of water.”
The doctor explained: drinking too much water, a person risks provoking kidney failure – they may not be able to cope with the excretion of such an amount fluids.
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Earlier, the MedikForum.ru portal wrote that infectious disease doctor Andrey Pozdnyakov called excessive drinking of water dangerous for the brain.
Important! Information provided for reference purposes only. Ask a specialist about contraindications and side effects and under no circumstances self-medicate. Seek medical attention at the first sign of illness.
Alexander Myasnikov healthy lifestyle general practitioner, cardiologist, chief physician of the City Clinical Hospital No. 71 (Moscow), TV and radio host.