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Fluids entering the blood stream should be isotonic (same salt concentration) as the blood. Water is hypotonic to the cell environment (contains fewer solutes) and this would result in a net movement of water into the cell, causing the cell to swell and lyse (burst).

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Nothing, the water will be excreted by the kidneys and nothing will happen to the blood cells. The same thing happens when you drink water, which is absorbed by the large intestin and go to the blood stream to be filtered by the kidneys and finally enter the bladder.

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