How does diarrhea kill someone?

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I have heard that it dehydrates you to death, but couldn’t you just keep drinking water? Even before modern medicine I’m sure water wasn’t impossible for people to get.

Edit: Thank you for the simple answers! In hindsight, I feel kind of silly not realizing that you need to ABSORB the water…

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With chronic diarrhea you wind up passing the water through you before you can absorb enough.

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