Difficulty in drinking too much water may be due to physiological reasons, which can be relieved by oneself; it may also be related to pathological factors such as peptic ulcer or acute water intoxication, which can be relieved by medication (such as oral atropine or metoclopramide).
1. Physiological factors: After drinking too much water, a large amount of water will stay in the stomach, preventing the stomach from carrying out normal digestion and absorption, which can be relieved by walking slowly and massaging the abdomen clockwise.
2. Pathologic factors:
(1) Peptic ulcer: peptic ulcer may lead to complications such as pyloric obstruction, and it may also appear that it is difficult to drink too much water, which can generally be treated with medication, such as atropine or metoclopramide.
(2) Acute water intoxication: due to drinking too much water, resulting in excessive extracellular fluid, osmotic pressure is reduced, may cause edema and other uncomfortable symptoms, oral furosemide or enalapril and other drugs for treatment.
Drinking too much water unbearable may also be other causes. If the symptoms continue to be unrelieved, you need to go to the hospital in a timely manner, under the guidance of a professional physician to identify the cause of the disease, and comply with the doctor’s instructions to use medication, do not blindly use their own medication, so as not to delay the condition.