hyponatremia
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- noun
- /ˌhaɪpoʊnəˈtriːmiə/
- Specialized
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hiponatremia
- Six hours later, the patient developed behavioral changes, incontinence of urine, and investigations revealed marked hyponatremia.
- hyponatremia and hypokalemia
Examples
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Makam and colleagues state that many trials have been done in controlled settings, but real-world data about these AEs, namely hyponatremia, hypokalemia, and acute kidney injury, are lacking.
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Some of the symptoms of hyponatremia include headache, muscle cramps, and confusion.
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Drinking water to excess results in water intoxication, called hyponatremia.
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Women, smaller runners, slower runners, and those who are not as well trained face the greatest risk of hyponatremia.
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Laboratory abnormalities included borderline hyponatremia and hypokalemia.
Academic text (2007) -
In older patients with hypertension, newly prescribed thiazides were linked to hyponatremia, hypokalemia, and risk for kidney injury.
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Experts hypothesize that hyponatremia has become more of an issue in the past few years because so many beginning runners are attempting marathon and ultramarathon distances.
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Eighty percent of patients with severe infection had hyponatremia, which suggests a syndrome involving inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (29).
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Then a few high-profile cases of hyponatremia (overhydration and a diluting of blood-sodium levels), including a young woman who died during the 2002 Boston Marathon, struck fear in the hearts of guzzlers.
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To prevent hyponatremia, make sure to drink enough fluids and eat foods high in sodium.
Antonyms
How Sodium-Rich
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
hyponatremia = natremia (opaque) = hypo + natr + emia
The word is formed by adding hypo- to the technical base natremia, but that base is not familiar to an average learner, so the meaning is not readily inferable.
Etymology
The word hyponatremia breaks into hypo- ('low'), natr- (from a word for 'sodium' or 'salt'), and -emia ('blood condition'). So, hyponatremia literally means 'low salt in the blood', which is why doctors watch sodium levels closely.