To meet the physiological needs, the body needs to consume an average of 1.5 to 3 liters of water daily. If this amount is exceeded, the person can suffer serious organic changes that degenerate into uncontrolled seizures and even coma. Do not forget that excess water significantly reduces sodium levels in the body, a situation that alters the activity of neurons.
Normally, the exaggerated and convulsive intake of water or other fluids is usually the consequence of an eating disorder known as potomania. It is primed more frequently in patients with hysterical antecedents and delusions, as well as in people who are emotionally unstable, with a tendency to depression and who show abnormal behaviors.
It is also described in patients affected by anorexia nervosa, who drink uncontrollably to lose weight or increase diuresis, that is, the elimination of fluids. Experts suspect that behind this inability to quench thirst there are genetic factors that increase the risk of potomania.
