An Indiana mother of two he died after drinking too much water during a family vacation earlier this summer, RadarOnline.com sadly can report.
Ashley Summers35, died last month shortly after returning home from a trip to Freeman Lake Reservoir with her husband and two young daughters.
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Summers told his family he felt like he “couldn’t drink enough water,” according to the New York Postbefore collapsing from water intoxication.
She was reportedly rushed to IU Health Arnett Hospital where she was declared dead. Medics told Summers’ family that the 35-year-old died of water toxicity.
“Someone said he drank four bottles of water in 20 minutes.” Devon Millersaid the deceased’s brother WRTV. “I mean, an average bottle of water is like 16 ounces, so they drank 64 ounces in a 20-minute period.”
“That’s half a gallon,” he added. “That’s what you’re supposed to drink in a whole day.”
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Miller also revealed that his 35-year-old sister’s brain began to swell as a result of the large amount of water she consumed in Freeman Lake.
“My sister, Hollyshe called me and she was just an absolute mess,” Miller explained. “She said, ‘Ashley is in the hospital. She has brain swelling, they don’t know what’s causing it, they don’t know what they can do to get it to go down and not it looks good’”.
“It was a shock to all of us,” he continued. “When they started talking about water toxicity. Was that like a thing?”
Water toxicity, which may also be called water intoxication or water poisoning, occurs when too much water is consumed in too short a period of time.
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The rare condition can also occur if the victim’s kidneys retain too much water due to other underlying health conditions.
Most victims of water toxicity experience symptoms such as muscle cramps, pain, nausea and headaches.
Dr. Blake Froberga toxicologist at IU Health Arnett Hospital, explained that the rare cause of death occurs more often during the summer, if someone works outside or exercises frequently.
Dr. Froberg also explained that some people are “at greater risk” of water toxicity.
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“There are certain things that can make someone more at risk, but what happens in general is that you have too much water and not enough sodium in your body,” the toxicologist explained.
He added that it’s “important for people to drink things that have electrolytes, sodium and potassium.”
In a bittersweet development coming after Summers sudden death Due to water toxicity last month, the 35-year-old mother of two, who was an organ donor, was able to donate her heart, liver, lungs, kidneys and long bone tissue to five candidates for organ donation.
Summers’ family revealed that Summers saved five other lives through his organ donations.
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