Why do I have pain in my right back side after drinking lots of water?
I have recently started drinking alot more water after a long period of not having drank as much as I should have. I go through this evey few months or so. After a few days of drinking water, I begin to feel pain in my right side, underneath my ribcage, more towards the back. I don’t know if it’s one of my kidneys or my liver or what. The pain can be pretty strong; it usually happens after I’ve consumed quite a bit of water (nothing too extreme, though), and sometimes lasts the better part of a day. Is it just one of my organs detoxing?
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The location you describe sounds like a kidney. If I drink too much water, I end up going to the bathroom every 15 minutes and my kidneys hurt. Not good! You can damage your kidneys by doing this.
I have heard very many times, as I am sure you have, that we need to drink gobs and gobs of water. It’s not true. Drinking too much water is harmful and can even kill you. Listen to your body. It’s trying to tell you something. Sometimes I drink more water as well, for a half a day. But don’t over do it! There are certain conditions for drinking more water, like hot weather and running. Just listen to your body, and use your brain. Older people sometimes cannot sense when they feel dehydrated so they need to be more aware of how much water they are drinking. But if you are young, your body is very much in tune to this. You can pay attention to the color of your urine. If it is clear, then you’ve certainly have had enough water.
Maybe you already heard this story…
This radio station in California had a water drinking contest. Whoever drank the most water would win a Sony Playstation (I think that’s what it was). This woman was there because she wanted to win this for her children. A nurse called in to the station and told them that what they were doing was very dangerous, but they didn’t believe her. It ended up that the woman died. The radio station said that they didn’t understand why she died and were going to investigate it. Stupid idiots!
Yes. I remeber that story. How horrible that was…stupid of her, and stupid of the radio station…geesh.
Try not to drink so much water. Have a glass an hour, you have the whole day to drink 8 glasses of water. Don’t force yourself to drink it all at once. I hate water, and I’m lucky if I get 8 glasses a day. Your kidneys are trying to tell you something.