[DiamondDaveMD]

You have an Ulcer/Acid Reflux or even "H-Pylori" (Helicobacter pylori bacteria). Sucks. Mine always feels beter with Beer (just not too much). Does it get worse with stress or tomato based foods?

[hoosier]

I have to say that I have the same problem: it doesn't matter what temperature the water is, or whether or not it came from the tap or is bottled water. Don't get me wrong, I will drink it if nothing else is available or if I am taking medications, but other than that I stick to plain, unsweetened iced tea. I don't care for sugar in my drinks, and that includes soda. So while some people who are "addicted" to soda may experience stomach pains or nausea, it's not a clear cut explanation. I have no idea why I feel this way myself. I'm in pretty good health, in relatively good shape, I exercise and eat right. The doctor diagnosed me with IBS, and I know exactly what that means: they have no idea why my stomach hurts. I know that I am slightly lactose-intolerant, but I don't drink milk (never liked the taste), don't eat cereal in the morning, and I try and stay away from things that contain a lot of milk like ice cream. But water? That's hard to stay away from. The bloated, sick feeling I get is almost immediate and it lasts a good half hour or so before it starts to subside. It kind of feels like my stomach is ready to float away. Even so, I find that I drink about 32 ounces of water a day, sometimes more. This is a constant everyday feeling, but I know I need the water, especially now because I'm pregnant and hydration is very important. It's just unfortunate that there aren't too many options for me to drink, but that's because I don't like to drink my calories (it adds up much quicker than people realize), so I stick to the tea and water, no matter how water makes me feel.

[Mr Skeptic]

hoosier, are you willing to experiment? Try drinking a solution of 1 teaspoon salt in 1 quart of water. Does that make you feel sick?

[Ahamed]

Hope this helped your questions..
just look into this post..
http://globaltutor.b...e-you-sick.html

Hope u liked this.. pls make a comment too if u like it..

[PhDwannabe]

Ahamed:

It appears that you deleted the comment I wrote on your blog there. That's pretty bad form, dude. You've taken this thread pretty far astray with a link to your blog post about the mechanism by which you suppose wet hair makes you sick. <heavy sigh> At the risk of continuing that particular offtopicness, I wanted to make sure that my comment goes down in indelible internet ink that you're not able to delete. You say that:

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There is a myth that when you have a shower at night and if you didn't dry it you will get sick. Actually this happens not because of the wet hair but because of the immune system gets weaken.

You go on to explain that the water in one's hair, with its high heat capacity, facilitates the loss of heat from the head. If I'm remembering my poor, innocent, murdered comment well enough, I noted that the myth and misunderstanding of grave heat loss through the head has been roundly debunked many times. Furthermore, I think I said that the homeostatic mechanisms of a normal person will prevent core temperature from dropping any appreciable amount from hair wet in the shower. Your immune system will not suffer any measurable deficit from shower-wet hair. With that, I'll excuse myself, suggest that you create new threads for new topics here (as well as stop deleting peoples' comments on your blog), and we'll let these nice folks get back to figuring out why water makes hoosier sick.

[Ahamed]

hey.. even i had said that this happens due to immune system getting weakened.. my post is logically saying that.. when the water heat capacity is high the tendency of heat loss is higher and when this happens on ur hair the rate increases by much more higher... therefore u get sick sumtyms.. but by the way i dont see any comment theere... i didnt delete it..u have not submitted it correctly..

[Ahsan Iqbal]

I never heard of such condition before. This is very serious because water is life and if you are unable to drink water, you are a very unlucky man.

[carebear]

I was just doing an internet search on this same topic, because I am also getting sick when I drink water. Right now, my stomach is cramping, burning, I feel nauseous & have diarrhea. All this started first thing this morning when I started drinking a different brand of bottled water. It seems to happen with well water, city water & bottled water, some more than others. I had a colonoscopy & they found inflammation in my colon. I also have IBS & diverticulitis. I don't know if the inflammation is caused by the water, or the inflammation causes me to not be able to tolerate the water. I also have a scratchy, red throat most of the time which another reader mentioned. I used to drink vinegar & honey water (1/2 c. each of apple cider vinegar & water, to a gallon of water). That was the only way water didn't upset my stomach. I think I'm going to have to start drinking that again because I get too dehydrated with the present water situation.

[nath88nael]

SkepticLance, on 26 July 2006 - 04:20 AM, said:

More seriously, I think your problem is probably psychosomatic.

Schultz, who was a physician, said that in its practical application, Autogenic Training is a system of very specific auto suggestive formulas to relax tensions and to alleviate psychosomatic disturbances, including many cases of insomnia, overweight, inability to concentrate, high blood pressure, constipation, skin problems, etc. (Karl Hanz Welz, Autogenic training)
if it is psycosomatic, be open-minded about cures. most such cases are cured through non-conventional methods.

[acneperfect]

Drinking a healthy amount of water is vital to your health. You can never imagine just by drinking a healthy amount of water, you gain tremendous health benefits, and sometimes you can even throw away your migraine medicine or pain killer.

This post has been edited by acneperfect: 11 October 2011 - 05:57 AM

[genraven]

I've never heard of such a problem. I thought water was good for everyone. You might want to consult your doctor.

[rktpro]

 genraven, on 6 January 2012 - 07:07 AM, said:

I've never heard of such a problem. I thought water was good for everyone. You might want to consult your doctor.

Wow! Nice advice, really. An advice after 6 years is not too late.

[CoRtNZ]

 GrandMasterK, on 30 June 2006 - 09:07 PM, said:

The back of my throat always feels weird when I drink water to, not sure if that's normal or not, it's sort of a scratchy sensation.

I have the same problem sort of. I've been told drinking hot/warm water is more beneficial to your health than drinking cold water.
When I drink hot/warm water it gives me a sore scratchy throat and makes me feel really nauseous.
But drinking cold water makes me absolutely fine, it's disappointing.

[questionposter]

Based on what has happened to me before, it sounds like some kind of bacterial infection. I can drink water fine now, but I've gotten food poisoning 5-6 times in my life, and I had to be careful with getting rid of it quickly because whenever I drank water, it made my stomach feel worse and in a lot cases I either threw or felt like throwing up the water.
Even if you drink something and it makes you feel even worse, it's not necessarily that thing, it could be something that has been progressing before such as bacteria. I also noticed you said you drink a lot of milk, and even though I'm not clinically lactose intolerant, when I drink a lot of milk, I get a stomach ache, but only after a lot. Perhaps some biology person could tell us if when you drink too much milk in a glass in a room at room temperature that there is a high probability of there being enough bacteria growing in the milk and ingested to cause problems, because that might be it.

This post has been edited by questionposter: 31 January 2012 - 04:49 AM