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impairment of judgment or going crazy, as it is also referred to sometimes is one of the major effects of drinking salt water.
the scientific explanation for this is that upon intake of seawater, a seafarer would not really be satiated. his thirst would rather increase.
however, with presence of copious amount of water in front of him, he would want to continue drinking more water, being unable to control the thirst.
due to the osmosis, drinking water with too much salt in it will cause the water from the cells of body to go into body fluids to balance the salt content. this will cause dehydration of cells disrupting their normal functioning.
drinking saltwater would eventually lead to death.