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Erin Prater

Brooke Shields suffered a seizure after drinking too much water. What you need to know about water toxicity, a potentially fatal condition

(Credit: Dimitrios Kambouris—Getty Images for Glamour)

Brooke Shields overhydrated herself into a “full-blown grand mal seizure” in September before the opening of her one-woman show in New York City, the renowned actress told Glamour this week.

The 58-year-old Suddenly Susan star was “drinking so much water” and didn’t realize that her sodium levels were low, she told editor-in-chief Samantha Barry in an article published Wednesday.

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