Hyponatremia may place elderly patients at increased risk for bone fractures, according to researchers. Harminder S. Sandhu, MD, and colleagues at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, evaluated sodium ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Exposure to elevated heat indices correlated with higher hyponatremia rate. Relative risk significantly ...

In older adults, low sodium often results from certain medications, kidney issues, or infections. Because multiple factors may contribute, treatment depends on identifying the underlying cause. Sodium ...

A consistent recent finding has been the strong association between hyponatremia and fractures. Initially, two case control studies reported the association of mild asymptomatic hyponatremia with bone ...

Careful evaluation of older patients with epilepsy is necessary for minimizing the risk of hyponatremia. As a large population of patients with epilepsy ages, risk of hyponatremia has become an ...

Antidepressant for neuropathy pain leads to hyponatremia An older male patient started antidepressants for neuropathy pain but developed hyponatremia as a result. A 72-year-old patient with chronic ...

DOCTOR. WHEN IT COMES TO SODIUM, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TOLD TO WATCH THEIR LEVELS SO THEY DON’T CONSUME TOO MUCH. BUT THERE CAN ALSO BE DANGEROUS EFFECTS TO YOUR HEALTH IF YOU DON’T GET ENOUGH SODIUM.

Hyperglycemia refers to high blood glucose levels, while hyponatremia refers to low blood sodium levels. While they are different conditions, some people with hyperglycemia might also have ...

Global warming is likely to increase the number of people requiring hospitalization due to critically low sodium levels in the blood, a condition known as hyponatremia. A new study projects that a ...

When your liver is severely damaged, you can end up with cirrhosis that then contributes to hyponatremia, which is low blood sodium levels. When your liver is damaged, your body repairs the damage by ...