Book contents
- 55 Cases in Neurology
- 55 Cases in Neurology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Section 1 Visual Disturbance
- Section 2 Headache and Pain
- Section 3 Weakness
- Section 4 Behavioural and Language Changes
- Section 5 Confusion
- Section 6 Movement Disturbances
- Case 38 Involuntary Arm Movement
- Case 39 Salt Control
- Case 40 A Young Man with More Than Dizziness
- Case 41 Late Familial Falling
- Case 42 Non-familial Falling
- Case 43 Shaking Leg
- Case 44 A Viral Opportunity
- Case 45 More Searching for Causes of Progressive Unsteadiness
- Section 7 Acute Onset of Neurological Symptoms
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
Case 39 - Salt Control
from Section 6 - Movement Disturbances
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 July 2023
Book contents
- 55 Cases in Neurology
- 55 Cases in Neurology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Section 1 Visual Disturbance
- Section 2 Headache and Pain
- Section 3 Weakness
- Section 4 Behavioural and Language Changes
- Section 5 Confusion
- Section 6 Movement Disturbances
- Case 38 Involuntary Arm Movement
- Case 39 Salt Control
- Case 40 A Young Man with More Than Dizziness
- Case 41 Late Familial Falling
- Case 42 Non-familial Falling
- Case 43 Shaking Leg
- Case 44 A Viral Opportunity
- Case 45 More Searching for Causes of Progressive Unsteadiness
- Section 7 Acute Onset of Neurological Symptoms
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
Summary
A 38-year-old woman had a long history of an eating disorder and laxative abuse. She smoked 10 cigarettes per day. She was admitted to hospital with abdominal pain and ‘constipation’. Prior to admission, she had been observed to be drinking a lot of water. She had returned from Rome a day before her hospital admission. In hospital, she was agitated. Her admission serum sodium was 102 mmol/L. She was admitted to the High Dependency Unit. The hyponatraemia was corrected (Figure 39.1) initially with normal saline and three-times normal saline but a large diuresis ensued.
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- 55 Cases in NeurologyCase Histories and Patient Perspectives, pp. 269 - 274Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
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