Even though babies can learn to swim quite well during their first year of life and may be relatively safe from drowning, there is a danger of water intoxication if one does not supervise them carefully when they are in the water. Pediatrics (70:599) reports the case of a 10-month-oldboy who, during a swimming lesson, swallowed nearly 10 percent of his body weight in water and, an hour later, became drowsy and had convulsive seizures.
Water intoxication, cautions Pediatrics, urgently needs treatment with intravenous injections of a special concentrated saline to “thicken” the blood, and quickly becomes life-threatening if overlooked and left untreated. So, if your children or grandchildren learn to swim when they are very small, watch them closely all the time they are in the water to make sure that they do not drink it.
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