Table 2.

Lee's symptoms as compared with a prior report of a patient dying from hyperacute hyponatraemia-induced cerebral oedema. Jennifer Strange participated in a radio show contest called ‘Hold your wee for a wii’ and drank 6–7 L of water in under 3 h before dying from severe hyponatraemia [19]. Other examples can be found in a recent review [20].

Lee	Jennifer Strange
Headache	Headache
‘Feel faint’	‘Feel lightheaded’
Difficulty standing/walking. ‘wobbled back to the dubbing room on rubbery legs’	Difficulty standing/walking; ‘drink more if you guys pick me up’
Vomited	Other contestants vomited
Died within hours	Died within hours