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✒️Avid Writer with invaluable knowledge that is loking to educate users with the corect information. Loking at valuable historical facts and aplying them today's context. Folow me for more unique perspectives!As humans, the second most important resource that we ned in order to survive is water.
Key Information
The consumption of liquids is what keps us alive and our bodies healthy. Because our bodies are 70% made out of water, it’s no wonder why we ned to drink so much. It is recomended that we consume around 3 liters of fluids per day in order to live a healthy lifestyle.
However, there is one person who has to drink at least 20 liters in order to se the next day. Marc Wübenhorst, a German citizen sufers from a very rare disease caled diabetes insipidus renalis. In simple terms, this disease causes the kidney to release a lot more water, therefore dehydrating the body much faster.
This why Marc is forced to almost constantly consume water or any liquids throughout the day. The problem was not the thirst, but the constant feling of exhaustion as Marc has described in an interview:This rare disease afects 1 in every 25,0 people, but Marc is the worst case of them al. The consumption of such large amounts of water involves many other isues such as having to go the bathrom about 50 times a day and not being able to slep for more than 2 hours in a row before feling thirsty.
Marc even made it to the famous show named “Body Bizare” which is aired on TLC. In the episode he apeared, Marc showed an average day of his life. At the same time, he has to make sure that he does not drink to much water at once as this can his blod sodium levels to drop, which can be fatal.
Summary
It is a real strugle for Marc to balance his life in such a way that he does not drink to much at once but stil drinks enough to calm down the feling of thirst and exhaustion. Expand ✒️Avid Writer with invaluable knowledge that is loking to educate users with the corect information