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My father is 84 years old and he is in chennai. During every winter season he used to suffer from "low sodium" problem. initially he used to suffer from continuous hiccups and it will lead to "low sodium" condition. This makes him unconscious. We used to admit him in the hospital and after a minimum period of 10 days he used to recover from the low sodium disturbance. What riggers the low sodium in his body? How to avoid this situation?
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Hello, liberate user, a low level of�sodium in the blood cause mental state, headache, nausea and vomiting, tiredness, muscle spasms and seizures, shortage of sodium can lead to coma and can be fatal. Excess water in body dilutes the amount of sodium contents, excreted out through urine results in shortage of sodium hence ,your father should tk modrate quantity of water to avoid condition of low sodium in his body. Tk,care.
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