A county fair held a water-drinking contest where people competed to see who could drink the most water in a set amount of time. During the competition, a man drank three gallons of water in under an hour and a half. Unfortunately, this killed him several hours after he won the competition. The excessive water intake caused him to develop water intoxication, in which the electrolyte imbalance called ________ occurred.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
hyponatremia
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