Editing Water intoxication (section)

== Prevention ==

Water intoxication can be prevented if a person's intake of water does not grossly exceed their losses. Healthy kidneys can excrete approximately 800 millilitres to one litre of fluid water (0.84–1.04 quarts) per hour.<ref name=sa /> However, stress (from prolonged physical exertion), as well as disease states, can greatly reduce this amount.<ref name=sa>{{cite web|url=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=strange-but-true-drinking-too-much-water-can-kill|title=Strange but True: Drinking Too Much Water Can Kill|author=Coco Ballantyne|website=[[Scientific American]] |access-date=31 August 2015}}</ref>