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Matabolic Related Causes
Dehydration
- Severe dehydration is often seen with
diarrheal diseases, especially in children
- Just water replacement often leads to
hyponatremia.
- Osmotic swelling of the brain
- Headaches, seizures, coma
- Replacement of sodium must be done slowly to
prevent
Hepatic failure
- Herbal toxins
- Viral hepatitis
- Cirrhosis and hepatic coma
- ascites, mental status and flapping tremor
- Alcohol related
- Hypovolemia and electrolyte imbalance
- Reye's
Syndrome
The case of a fifty year-old man with
headache and confusion. |