Question

5) Drinking too much water can be a bad thing. If someone sweats heavily and drinks lot of water, their sodium level drop. the resulting "water intoxication" can be fatal. Why is the sodium balance so important?

Answer 1

Drinking too much water can result in water intoxication. If an individual sweat heavily it will increase water intoxication as the salt or sodium also lost by the body with sweat.

Sodium is an important electrolyte that helps in regulating the water equilibrium or balance in and around the cells of the body. Sodium is essential for nerve stimulation and response as it plays a major role and also helps in muscle contraction and relaxing.

Sodium helps to maintain the blood pressure at a stable level. Hyponatremia is the condition in which sodium level is insufficient to cells to function.