An Australian woman said she was ‘slowly drowning herself’ after being told to drink more water. A Queensland mum has revealed she nearly died after she drank four litres of water a day to “flush out” a cold. Nina Munro, 41, was told to drink more water to help get rid of her persistent cough and sore throat.
But the excessive amounts of water, combined with medications she was taking to help beat the winter “bugs”, flooded her system and left her with life-threateningly low sodium levels in her blood. “All the doctors said they didn’t know how I survived it,” the government officer said. “I was slowing drowning myself and I didn’t even know it.
My husband said I wouldn’t do anything without a glass of water by my side.”.