Possessive pronouns show who owns something described in a sentence. They include mine, his, hers, its, ours, yours, their, and theirs. Possessive adjectives are similar to possessive pronouns. However, the possessive adjective comes before the object of the sentence; the possessive pronoun is the object of the sentence.
Water intoxication or poisoning is a life-threatening condition caused by excessive water drinking that results in a drop of blood sodium levels orâwith a medical termâdilutional hyponatremia (1) . Drinking as little as 2 liters of water per hour for few successive hours can result in water intoxication. Symptoms and signs of water overdose in adults can include headache, vomiting, swelling of the hands and feet, confusion, seizures, coma or even death.
Most cases of water poisoning do not result from simply drinking too much water, says Joseph Verbalis, chairman of medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center. It is usually a combination of excessive fluid intake and increased secretion of vasopression (also called antidiuretic hormone), he explains.