Of course it can. The longer you wait to drink, the more you will develop a condition called urticaria, where tiny red bumps form on the lips, tongue, and throat. It’s the body’s way of fighting off the build up of mucus. You can see it when you drink a glass of water, but if you don’t wait for the water to reach your throat, you’ll develop these bumps.
There are several cases of people suffering from this condition, usually a result of a cold or an allergy. When this happens it can be very painful especially for people of color. It is thought to be a reaction to mucus in the throat, rather than any actual harm that the mucus causes. Unfortunately there is no cure, just a management strategy to try to stop it.
Although there are no official studies, I have a few theories. One thing that I believe is true is that mucus can actually cause the bumps. If you are constantly getting these horrible bumps, it could be a sign that you are drinking water too much. The mucus is a sticky substance that floats in your stomach, can cause this watery feeling in your throat, and is usually very pleasant to drink.
This article from the New York Times was written in the early ’90s, but is now being updated. It includes this information about a study that was done in 1993, which suggested that “drinking more water can cause a person to feel lightheaded, faint, and dizzy.” But as the article noted, the study was done on only five people. I wonder if the current study is on the same subject.
It’s also been suggested that it may be due to the calcium in your bones being redistributed to the muscles when you drink water. This article explains this connection, but it’s worth adding that a lot of people drink large amounts of water and have very little calcium in their bones. This may be why they experience a lightheaded feeling and a feeling that they’re going to faint.
And speaking of fainting, after drinking too much water you may feel faint. It can be caused by dehydration and/or alcohol poisoning.
Again, you should drink more water so you can flush the toxins out of your system. If you’re drinking too much, then you need to drink more water.
The best way to flush things out of your system is by drinking water. It’s just a small step from there to the more important one: drinking more water. But it seems like people who drink too much water actually have other problems too. Many studies have shown that people who drink more than two cups of water per day are at significantly higher risk of heart disease.
That’s because the water keeps on getting trapped in your body, causing that “water retention” effect which is a common result of having too much water in the first place.
So when you have to drink more than two cups of water per day, that means you’re not only taking in more water, you’re also taking in more water through the walls of your stomach. It’s also believed that this caused the heart disease epidemic in Australia, because there is a correlation between drinking more than two cups of water a day and the rise in the incidence of cardiovascular disease.