Doctor issues urgent water warning that could cause seizures, coma or death

Doctor Sermed Mezher advises checking 1 happening erstwhile you spell to the toilet to marque definite you are healthy

A informing has been issued implicit drinking water. We are good alert of the value of staying hydrated.

Not drinking capable liquid connected a regular ground tin permission you headachy, bushed and dizzy, and person adjacent much superior consequences successful the agelong run. However, taking it excessively acold the different mode tin besides airs a terrible hazard to your health.

A GP has issued an urgent informing astir the magnitude of h2o you should beryllium drinking arsenic overconsumption could pb to seizures, coma and adjacent death. Doctor Sermed Mezher took to TikTok to accidental that the colour of your urine should beryllium a bully indicator of whether you are drinking excessively much.

Speaking to his much than 278,000 followers helium said: “If your pee watercourse could beryllium sold successful Swarovski, past you're doing it wrong. And look, I cognize doctors are partially to blasted for this.

“I've seen it earlier erstwhile I've been shadowing someone, the diligent comes successful and has a symptom, the doc doesn't recognize what the origin is and conscionable tells the diligent to portion much h2o adjacent though helium hasn't rather established what their existent intake is. That I tin enactment radical up present [he indicted to the apical of a urine colour chart] which rather frankly tin beryllium dangerous.”

Dr Mezher referenced the lawsuit of a young lad who ended up successful infirmary arsenic a result. “Just similar Ray present who became unconscious, and conscionable woke up aft being successful a infirmary with h2o intoxication,” helium said.

He explained much astir the harm it tin origin to your body. “When we portion excessively overmuch h2o that tin driblet the sodium levels successful our blood, which means that h2o volition past interval to the higher brackish level tissues and successful astir places that doesn't origin a occupation but it does successful the brain,” helium said.

“See judge it oregon not, we similar to support our encephalon wrong our skulls and this is an enclosed cavity with constricted abstraction truthful erstwhile this starts to swell, the lone mode it tin spell is down.” When advising however overmuch h2o we should beryllium drinking per day, helium said 2 litres is “good for most”.

In a caption nether his video Dr Mezher added: “When sodium levels driblet excessively low, cells commencement to swell, which tin impact indispensable organs similar the brain, starring to symptoms specified arsenic headaches, nausea, confusion, seizures, and successful terrible cases, coma oregon death.”

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To cognize if you’re drinking capable oregon excessively overmuch h2o you tin cheque the colour of your urine. Dr Mezher said: “It's besides important to enactment that your urine shouldn’t beryllium wholly wide each the time. While staying hydrated is crucial, immoderate yellowish tint successful your urine is mean and indicates steadfast hydration.

“Urine that is airy yellowish reflects a due equilibrium of h2o and waste, portion wide urine whitethorn suggest overhydration. On the different hand, acheronian yellowish oregon amber urine could awesome dehydration. Maintaining a equilibrium is key—hydrating adequately without overconsumption ensures that your assemblage tin modulate fluids effectively.”