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hyponatremia
medical condition
Also known as: low blood sodium
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sodium deficiency
- In nutritional disease: Sodium
Symptoms of hyponatremia, or low blood sodium, include muscle cramps, nausea, dizziness, weakness, and eventually shock and coma. After prolonged high-intensity exertion in the heat, sodium balance can be restored by drinking beverages containing sodium and glucose (so-called sports drinks) and by eating salted food. Drinking a…
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syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone
- In syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone
… in the urine, thereby causing hyponatremia (decreased sodium concentrations in the blood plasma).
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