Electrolyte Imbalances | Hyponatremia (Low Sodium)

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Today’s video is all about hyponatremia for Nursing Students and NCLEX Review.
Hyponatremia is an electrolyte imbalance that occurs when sodium in the blood becomes diluted (sometimes from drinking too much water). This results in the kidneys being unable to excrete enough fluid to compensate for the excess intake.
Hyponatremia is associated with other conditions, such as SIADH. Watch to learn more about this critical electrolyte imbalance.
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[@seanbeharry9319]

I experienced dizziness went for a check up and was told I had a pulse drop, I was referred to a cardiologist who found no structural problems with my heart but the skip in the beat. she recommended a pace maker but later found out through a blood test that my sodium was to low. I slowed on salt and sugar based on my dad's diabetic diet according to his doctor and was causing damage to myself keeping away from both too often...Is there a way to recoup from this. there's not other issues ?????

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I took many test and not doctor or nurse saw this ???????? why ??????

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[@WillysCarm14]

Absolutely true. I am low sodium and this tells a true tale!

[@MatheusOliveira-er4gq]

thank you, I have adrenal insufficiency, got sick and my sodium went to 109, spent 4 days in coma.

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These videos are so helpful thank you for your channel! Can you please do a video on hypernatremia? Thank you!

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i add too much water to my coffee...... headache got worse; then went to work; sweat like crazy; a bowl of noodles fixed me back to normal.

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This was definitely a life saver! Currently prepping for the fluids and electrolytes section of my exam👩🏾‍⚕️😭🙏🏽

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I was planning on panicking over my electrolytes lecture but now I dont have to. THANK YOU!!!!!!

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How to test Hypovolemic Hyponatremia and Hypervolemic Hyponatremia ? Diagnostic Test? Thank You

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[@Cgeese]

Can dry heaving and gagging be directed caused by lower sodium levels.

[@ReportingEligiblePodcast]

Trying to figure out why I have a lack of appitite and fatigue 8 days after suspected heat exhaustion..I hope some more gatorade will give me the answer since I've been on water for the last few days and not too much food.

[@n.howell980]

Taking magnesium when your adrenals are struggling can also cause sodium to plummet.

[@TobiWillTrainieren]

What is the mechanism behind it? I have had a lot of adrenal problems for years (water retention, stress etc...) and I take 400mg magnesium nearly every day...

[@mr.stewart6627]

Wooooww. This comment just helped me solve a major problem

[@imrankhan44407]

My son is hospitalised from 1 year and 8 months after born and his potassium can be boost when we feed him with normal milk that can cause heart attack and his body loosing too much sodium and in the beginning he was on dialysis but now he is without dialysis but also potassium is in control level due to extra sodium doctors says here in Chile 🇨🇱 My question is: please any body knows a solution really we are very worried since he is in hospital

[@jeffreyconnor9769]

Magnesium is a laxative. It normally flushes sodium if the kidneys are functioning properly.

[@jeffreyconnor9769]

@@TobiWillTrainierenhave you had your aldosterone renin checked?

[@kabades4458]

bit confusing, you have to do extra effort on understanding it. thanks sir for the info , godbless

[@ericthranduillvargaspenafl4011]

Wasnt I in SIADH stands for Inappropriate? which explains its pathophysiology of excessive ADH

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Wow!!...short keys help me to easily remember it..

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[@alotofjobs4276]

Is constipation a symptom of hyponatremia and can it cause permanent orthstaic hypotension

[@user-mj8wi6du7m]

0:35 - Main causes

[@salmazkitchenfun1501]

Imformative thank you my mum sufferin with low sodium of 113 and they have done electrolycr still no changes she ia in hosp 7 days and still low

[@aruna285]

Same problems

[@nooraisyahahmad2477]

My mother Na level drops to 99...after almost 10 days treated in the hospital, the Na level went up to 140..upon discharge the doctor gave KCl solution to treat K level in the body...its takes time to treat both salts level in the body..hopes ur mom getting better

[@HappyLife-vh2ey]

Is nervousness a symptom of Hyponatremia ? Im on spirolactone my dr increased it from 25mg to 50 mg . I stopped a few days ago but feel nevrous miday .

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Good knowledge

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I have had a racing heart beats

[@grunge_surf_witch_uk9130]

My 86 year old dads stuffing so much he has a cycle of constipation, nausea also just diagnosed with Ulcers in stomach but now up all night desperate for a drink!!! Been going on months Docs say His sodium level is 128 but he’s left with no help just a drink of milk!! Or restrict fluids …Any help wouid be massively appreciated as I don’t understand what to do to help him when visit tomorrow…Docs still say they don’t know what’s causing it?? I’m up in night as he rang desperately asking for help!

[@HellGod67]

My mother just got hospitalized for the second time because of Hyponatremia.

[@stevetanner5901]

my mum has a 5cm tumour on the brain stem and the first thing we know about it was a massive seizure now 3 months down the line she has to have salt tablets everyday, i can tell when her levels are out of whack because she gets very confused , i found this vid very useful in trying to get a handle on what is going on in her brain and the role salt plays , so thank you

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[@thetruthalwayswins340]

Salt tablets how do you get it please my Father sodium also always low

[@sreelakshmi-vq2rh]

@@thetruthalwayswins340 sodium chloride tablets

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[@sank7318]

1) When taking Cheese, won't it increase the blood pressure? 2) can a Pressure person eat 8g cheese per day continuously to increase the sodium? 3) Shall we take Tolvaptan Tablet?

[@sarahsiddique4620]

DI Is an increase is water lose wouldn’t that fall under the category of hypovolemic hyponatremia ? But in that lecture it says it’s hypernatremia for DI

[@footstepsforTheLordMostHigh]

My two cents, after experiencing this myself. First a low carb diet will in fact undoubtedly cause hyponatremia. You cannot at all increase your salt to stick unless you have glucose. Doctors can fill you up with saline but that will flush out in no time and you'll find yourself suffering again. You need to increase salty carbohydrate foods. Juice although it has sugar will not help.... fry rice or pretzels or a bag of salty chips will help you. Also, salt as some ppl put in the comment section is saying is not the same all across the board. I developed hyponatremia from a sea salt that had 8% sodium . It was called dead sea cooking salt. The nutrition label had no warning or anything to indicate it was low sodium. People who do keto are on low carb diet and they constantly flush sodium which is called a keto flu. Whether you want to believe it or not, any form of low sugar/carbohydrate diet is keto, YES YOU ARE BOARDER LINE KETO. And since ppl are low sugar they will have an electrolyte problem. This will result in dysfunction of the cells and their ability to dilate and constrict properly thus causing high blood pressure. Any form of electrolyte imbalance can cause HBP. High fructose corn syrup and the likes are man made and dangerous to the body this artificial sugar can screw up your pancreas and liver. Also some foods are very hard to digest like veggies, corn, meat and these things require LOTS LOTS LOTS OF salt, so the salt you need is really going towards helping break down these things and not being used to hydrate you. In the wild herbivores are at salt licks because cellulose is hard to break down without the enzymes. Salt goes towards making enzymes. Carnivores do not drain the blood (which is similar to salt water) when they kill an animal and eat its flesh, this is how they get enough sodium. They are drinking blood. We eat fruit and meat and a variety of things and this diet does not exclude us from needing high amounts of salt like these other animals.

[@NOOBNOOB007]

my dads 67 bed ridden and was going pale and also slumping over by the time ambulance came he couldn't even lift his legs up I had to. he's in critical care. I don't get why this keeps happening its the 3rd time and I don't want to lose my dad please help

[@rosarose9642]

Hey i have a question... I thought that the thiazide diuretics were potassium sparing and loop were postassium wasting?

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[@Gymnopediea]

Actually, Loops and Thiazides are not K+ sparing. Those drugs are called Potassium Sparing diuretics, like Amiloride and Spironolactone (at the Collecting Duct). Thiazides spare Calcium though (increasing its concentration in the blood).

[@j7ndominica051]

How much fresh water would you have to drink to feel any effect hyponatremia? I drank 2 kg over 61 kg of severely dehydrated body mass to disprove the advice to drink slowly. It all went in and disappeared. What time delay for the effect to occur? I did eventually have a couple stock cubes (lol). Do other minerals in the water substitute for sodium?

[@ravnphoenx]

I know this has nothing to do with this video but I just watched your video about low sodium. I suffer from way too much fluid intake daily. I drink way too much every day, which flushes absolutely any salt I may have put into my body throughout the day. It's to the point where my muscles are swollen, primarily on the left side of my body, when I drink, I'm exhausted, some days lethargic, all day, and I have sensory flashes, fizzing noises in my head and increased headaches. But when I introduced the smallest amount of salt, my left arm, chest hurt. My heart starts to race and I have a hard time breathing. It seems like I'm having a heart attack and it's the scariest thing in the world so I'll drink water to flush it out, which puts me back at square one! I don't know how to reintroduce salt correctly and stop over drinking. Sorry to post this here but all doctors I've gone to have given do help.

[@mariobfitness6032]

Have you found the solution?

[@user-ip5fm3ck4p]

start with shots of pdialyt(sorry my ky isn't working). Your urin should hav color light yallow

[@mizbeatz2681]

Try pink sea salt

[@gabrisage6477]

I think you could be deficient in another vitamin or mineral , because the body not allowing any vitamin to process properly and then getting extreme reactions can be due to other minerals not being present.

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@@mariobfitness6032 Sorry for such a late reply. I got no notification you even replied. I was diagnosed with Sjogren's Syndrome as well as a vitamin B12 Deficiency. Neither was caught until a few months ago.

[@sheilamore3261]

Mine is loss of sodium diarrhea

[@CodyBosch]

Huh! I’m on a low carb diet and I’ve been really bad about electrolytes, and I’ve been chugging water for the past week, and i think i have this. Cutting back on water, and eating more salt. Hopefully this helps me!

[@amberwilliams8011]

My mother just had a seizure due to low sodium levels. She was drinking lots of water also on a low carb diet. If you feel numbness in your hands or delusional go to the hospital.

[@TobiWillTrainieren]

Low carb diets lead to more excreting of electrolytes... Insulin helps retaining electrolytes. Because of that, I would not go keto anymore...

[@Nooraykhan786]

My mom is hypertensive and takes diuretics every day as prescribed by doc and takes very less sodium is she at the risk of hyponatremia I'm afraid to give her salt cause i don't want her to get high Bp but on the other hand I'm afraid about her being hyponatremic what do i do.

[@ToneySao]

How is she now?

[@Puranlalchaudhary]

How to control this hypotremia

[@bangtanlove5125]

Fluid and electrolyte is a head hurting topic for me 😢

[@jollyjanetv4204]

My sister is going back and forth to the hospital because of low sodium.

[@imrankhan44407]

My son is hospitalised from 1 year and 8 months after born and his potassium can be boost when we feed him with normal milk that can cause heart attack and his body loosing too much sodium and in the beginning he was on dialysis but now he is without dialysis but also potassium is in control level due to extra sodium doctors says here in Chile 🇨🇱 My question is: please any body knows a solution really we are very worried since he is in hospital

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[@mac-ju5ot]

I fainted last April from what,they called dehydration .y heart had chest pain..diarrhea I creased heart,rate decreased bp it wasa three say,sa.tay I couldn't breatge

[@mindoongie]

its honestly super confusing, when i fainted for the first time they told me i wasn't getting enough of both salt and water.

[@kishorevenugopal6191]

00:25 You talk Sodium but you write Potassium. Also 'm' is milli, not micro.

[@damienbeynon9449]

5:12 I'm experiencing but I wanna wait a day before going in to the doctor's my pee has been clear for 6 months some times in the morning in comes out yellow but later on in the day it will return clear and when I drink water I'm still dehydrated

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[@jenniferpoland8886]

Does methadone make your sodium low??

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Dr my father in law got throat cancer when they treat radiation his sodium is very low lot of cough coming like liter he finished 22 radiation he got low sodium and unconscious after giving electrolyte he is not talking sir and fir his age this much radiation required sir cancer in First Stage

[@dmarie7221]

I spent 4 days in ICU....just released.

[@momoary5740]

How to increase my body fluid i have been try to add one teaspoon of baking soda but I don't feel any thirst but my body is extremely dry and dehydrated..I don't know what to do please advice me. Thanks

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Alkaline water 8.8

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[@kashpahanidh]

My dad is having 121 sodium level. But there is no symptoms other than abdominal cramping. He recently had IV 3% thrice last week. Medics corrected upto 130. Now its again comes down to 121. Do we need to worry about it? We are totally confused. Please advice

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Uptill 4:56

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how to recover naturally i don't have it that bad

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[@marinajackman5052]

At 0:24 sec why does it say potassium LESS THAN 135 mEq ?

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[@sheilamore3261]

Vomiting, loss of consciousness, diarrhea

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Could low sodium cause extreme ticks of seizures like, you could be sitting perfectly fine but then out of the blue have a extreme jerk attack and nearly fall out of your chair and it repeats every 5 minutes or less.

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[@amberwilliams8011]

Yes seizures

[@nocompulsioninlove2148]

It is possible but the condition you have mentioned sounds like a B1 deficiency to me...Megadose on B1 if you immediately feel better that is the cause,,,,

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@@nocompulsioninlove2148 i adjust my diet as need to increase b1 thanks.

[@donmattaarci8766]

you said we would have edema for hyponatremia im confused on that

[@TobiWillTrainieren]

I will get edema, if my blood natrium levels are too low... Hyponatremia leads to increased aldosterone, which leads to loss of potassium and magnesium. That is the cause of your edema... Have sufficient natrium, potassium and magnesium, your body will thank you ...

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[@jeffreyconnor9769]

If your patient is dead maybe you should check for Hyponatremia.

[@MasonOfLife]

So brain fog and fatigue could be symptoms? I have these and I drink a lot of water (reverse osmosis with no minerals) I also don’t eat meat so maybe I might be drinking too much water or not getting enough sodium

[@honeyblesstadiosa.bsa1-b49]

Could I get Hyponatremia by drinking 4 liters of water a day?

[@bryan6434]

Yes juicy

[@laquan3661]

I have Hypervolemic Hyponetremia as my body wastes sodium seemingly to childhood nutrient deficiency and I drink so much water. I've even became vegan eating so much nutrients is there anyway this condition can be reversed naturally?

[@laquan3661]

@Ncyim I don't think so I've been talking salt capsules. Thanks for the info!

[@iblameabel]

You need to start taking herbs such as Sea Moss. Herbs and water, herbs and water

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@Ncyim thanks!

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[@odweeambrose5979]

did you say pottasium less than 135 or sodium

[@JazzyBaddAzz]

I was wondering the same I think it’s a typo and he meant “sodium” a potassium that high the patient would surely be DOA

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[@patrickalmeda9537]

can hyponatremia cause high blood pressure? and delusions

[@dineshbura5100]

No it cause low blood pressure

[@edouardocastillo]

Hi Mark, I took a laxative called sodium picosulfate and since then I am experiencing lots of water retention, cramps, muscle pain and weakness, insomnia. My guess is hyponatremia and hypokalemia. I went to doctors here in Mexico but they are not familiarized, what can I do? Ingest more salt ? Please help

[@zickmcdougall4960]

I go for a long bike ride and come back with a bad headache 🤕

[@jenniferpoland8886]

Then why do they tell you not to drink hardly anything??

[@hollydaugherty2620]

To control sodium loss through urine 🙄

[@AKHIL-mg7cz]

sir , i drank 16 Litre plain filtered water empty stomach with no food and no sodium , then i had symptoms like LightHeaded , dizziness . sir, by which test can i diagnose how much brain damage have occurred due to brain swelling

[@josephlach3907]

He strait up had a box of granulated sugar on the table, lol

[@shaungerald23]

Wouldn't taking diuretics make you lose more sodium with the water and make the problem worse?

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[@sadiqaalam10]

Yes in cases of hyponatremia, the doctor limits the water intake.

[@kevinjean6809]

.27 seconds , talking about hyponatremia and you stated potassium lower than 135

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[@evequiamco6305]

can breastfeeding cause hyponatremia? i have been nursing and these past few days, I have been drinking not enough water.

[@hollydaugherty2620]

No

[@metalwing750]

Another cause alcoholism

[@elakemec6416]

they are asking if the patients eyes are wet or dry ?ha ha . teachers are sick . now plz you tell me .how the patients eyes wet or dry ?

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[@SuperEddie0228]

For hyponatremia how about just a good quality pink sea salt for raising sodium levels quickly?

[@hollydaugherty2620]

1: “pink” sea salt is not actually different than any other sea salt. 2: hyponatremia is extremely serious and can’t be cured by simply giving someone salt to eat or drink - it happens typically from a serious physiological issue that is causing sodium loss.

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@@hollydaugherty2620 he literally said an intervention is eating salty foods

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[@saturahman7510]

I dont feel like laughing . My value is 128 and I feel really tired. Nothing seems to help.

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Get your cortisol checked

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