Thornton suffered a chronic inflammation of the gums and in large quantities drank cold water to ease the pain, take painkillers because he feared. The man fell ill and was hospitalized Bradford in early December last year. Since the patient was observed incoordination, and he spoke with difficulty, to the doctors decided that he was drunk, but the alcohol was found in his blood. It turned out that the observed symptoms were caused by an imbalance of electrolytes in the brain tissue due to water intoxication. Immediately prior to the hospitalization Thornton drank about 10 liters (17 liters) of cold water, about as much water he drank in the last two days. Doctors tried to save the man makes him a concentrated salt solution, but a day later the patient died of cardiac arrest. According to the mother of the late Alice Thornton, her son for a long time to suffer chronic inflammation of the gums and regularly drank cold water to ease the pain. British do not want pain medication for fear of allergic reactions. Water intoxication (poisoning) - violation of the water-salt balance in the body, by an excess of water in the body. The first signs of poisoning water - nausea and vomiting, if untreated, may be fatal. Most victims are to poison the water become professional athletes, for example, marathon runners to drink large amounts of water during the race.
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