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Why do we feel like vomiting when we drink salt solutions?
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Saltwater is hypertonic and the cells of the body are hypotonic. Hence when we drink saltwater, it causes exosmosis of water and the cell starts shrinking. This causes excessive dehydration and hence to reverse the process, the body causes vomiting to remove the saltwater back from the mouth.
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