A Woman Held Her Pee for 6 Hours, This Is What Happened to Her Brain

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A woman joins a contest to win a Wii for her three children. The rules are simple: drink as much water as you can, without taking a bathroom break. However, the contest was flawed, and caused 10 people to lose their jobs, along with her life. How could water be toxic, or even dangerous? Isn’t drinking water a good thing? What about sports drinks? Let’s get into it.

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[Jennifer Strange: The mother who died from drinking too much water]

[How Much Water Do You Need to Drink?]

[Water Toxicity — What Happens When We Drink Too Much Water?]

[Zyrees Oliver]

[Treatment for Overhydration]

[Other Sources]

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[purplejay]

"They signed releases so we're not responsible, it's okay" is the single most psychopathic sentence I've ever heard. RIP Jennifer.

[vaughnordakowski]

So sad that it was a mom who was willing to put more effort than anyone else just to get her kids a console. I bet she was an amazing mother who spent most her energy on her family with that type of resolve

[tvpbbhk]

This is why students should never not be allowed to go to the toilet. Teachers always say you can’t go because you should’ve gone at break time even when you didn’t need to go then. They also say you can’t because they’re in the middle of a lesson. Going to the toilet when you need to is more important than finishing a lesson.

[confused_shark]

I got water intoxication once! It was at a basketball practice, I chugged one of those two liter bottles. I ended up puking 3 times because of it, would not recommend. It feels even worse than being really dehydrated. Also, for me things started to look like the nausea effect in minecraft but real life and it’s terrifying.

[zackcash]

"They signed releases so we're not responsible. It's okay." Truly disturbing the way the hosts view a loss of a human life.

[cappuccino]

Things I’ve learned from brew:
don’t eat, don’t drink, don’t sleep, don’t travel, don’t stay at home, don’t breathe

[TheRealAudacity]

how sad she risked her life to get a wii for their 3 children what a great mom she didn’t know that it would be bad but this proves she’s a great mom rest in peace

[biancafelton]

its nice of the nurse to phone in and warn the organizers about the dangerous repercussions of the game mechanics. this reminds me of a doctor who happened to watch a lady in tv and tried his hardest to locate her and advise her to get checked for throat cancer or something after seeing something suspect on her throat ( i think there is a small mass on her throat).turns out she really has something and thanks to the doctor it was operated on early.

[f.m]

She was just trying to be a good mom, this is heartbreaking.

[dasawkem]

I knew of this infamous case for a while but, wow, I was not aware of nurses actively calling to warn them and them responding “they signed a waiver we’re not responsible”

Gross gross They were blissfully aware

[swisse]

6:45 "Hypo-" meaning low, "natr" meaning sodium, and "-emia" meaning presence in blood.

[angelictigerette]

Oh my goodness. This is intense and terribly sad. It could've been avoided. It's just terrible that this family lost a mother, wife, daughter, cousin, etc. but I'm glad that the station was sued and those people were fired. They were warned and still went on about the contest.

[Tarantulah]

I remember hearing about the Wii story, in fact I've heard it a few times. I've never heard the nurse warning the radio hosts that could happen though, and that they already knew. absolutely disgusting that they did that and kept going

[tommyjones]

I remember when this happened and the smugness of the shock jock when one caller called in to tell them to stop the contest because it was dangerous. "They signed the waivers!" he kept shouting. All three morning show hosts lost their jobs, but didn't face any jail time.

[reapers]

Broo imagine how sad the kids are when they realised she died to make them happy 😢

[expecto_petroleum]

Bro taught more in 12 mins then my science teacher in 45 mins 💀

[dreaminginjapan]

I can't imagine the ramifications for those kids knowing that their mom died trying to get them a video game console and to know the radio hosts were so nonchalant and even laughing...

[justinenicole]

Shoutouts to that nurse for listening in, hearing what they were doing and letting them know it was dangerous. At least she tried to help.

[Doktah_Zari]

I hope there is a law in place to down right ban these types of competitions, because THIS and the hot dog one are going to be living in my brain rent free. 😢