7 weirdest overdose cases
Not drugs and alcohol, which, as you know, in excessive amounts can be dangerous to health and even life. Few, however, do you know that you can die by drinking too much water or … soy sauce? Read the strangest cases of overdose that have happened to people.
- An overdose of laughing gas.
This incident took place in Santa Barbara in the USA. The man was found dead in his car, which also contained paper bags and about 100 small containers of nitric oxide, known as laughing gas. It is not known whether the man died in an accident or chose such an unusual method of suicide.
2. Soy sauce overdose.
A 19-year-old boy was taken to a hospital in Virginia with an unusual poisoning. As it turned out, he drank a whole bottle of soy sauce on a bet. Such a large amount of salt in the body caused neurological problems, as a result of which the guy fell into a coma for three days.
3. Overdose of caffeine.
An overdose of caffeine in the traditional use of coffee or energy drinks is possible only in those cases when a person drinks them in large quantities – several dozen cups. However, in 2010, Briton Michael Lee Bedford died due to excessive caffeine in his blood. How did it happen? The man ingested about two teaspoons of pure caffeine he purchased online, despite the fact that the package had a warning about the maximum allowable dose, which is 1/16 teaspoon. The amount of caffeine that got into Bedford’s body corresponded to 70 cans of energy drinks drunk.
4. Tea overdose.
In the US, this high-profile case was discussed in all the media. A 47-year-old woman from Detroit has been drinking a large pot of tea every day for more than a decade, which was brewed with at least 10 tea bags. As it turned out, the woman thus earned skeletal fluorosis – a disease that was caused by the fact that too much fluorine got into the body along with strong tea. Symptoms of fluorosis are joint pain and increased bone fragility.
5. Cola overdose.
In February 2010, New Zealander Natasha Harris died in her apartment, and at first no one could understand why this happened. As it turned out later, the woman drank several liters of cola a day for more than ten years, which led to the wear and tear of her body. This sugary drink gave her arrhythmia, which eventually killed her.
6. Water overdose.
It may seem absurd, but it is possible to die from an overdose of water. Such a case occurred with Jennifer Lee Strange, who died in 2007 after drinking several liters of water too quickly in a row. Excess water is dangerous because it dilutes the electrolytes in the blood, which can lead to brain death.
7. Viagra overdose.
Such stories are usually laughable at first, but Viagra overdose can be deadly. Such a case occurred in 2009 with Sergei Tuganov, a mechanic from Russia, who died after drinking a whole pack of Viagra. He probably died as a result of a heart attack.
