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Joye Varghese, Vallath Balakrishnan, Shine Sadasivan, Prem Nair, Venkadeswaran Anantha Narayanan. Muscle cell membrane damage by very low serum sodium. The Pan African Medical Journal. 2009;3:14 Key words: Hyponatremia,thiazide diuretics Permanent link: http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/3/14/full Received: 12/09/2009 - Accepted: 07/11/2009 - Published: 12/11/2009 © Joye Varghese et al. The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Muscle cell membrane damage by very low serum sodium
Joye Varghese1&, Vallath Balakrishnan1, Shine Sadasivan1, Prem Nair1, Venkadeswaran Anantha Narayanan1
1Department of Gastroenterology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Cochin, India
&Corresponding Author
Joye Varghese, Department of Gastroenterology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi, India – 682 026. Tel: +91 484 4001234 (Ext. 1204). Fax: +91 0484 2802089
A 63-year-old male was admitted with complaints of upper gastrointestinal symptoms with fatigue and myalgia. Investigations revealed severe hyponatremia with elevated creatine phosphokinase levels. Following further workup, it was diagnosed as a case of hyponatremia induced rhabdomyolysis. Because of prompt correction of hyponatremia, his renal function was preserved and myoglobinuria induced renal failure was avoided. The importance of early recognition of this potentially dangerous condition is emphasized.
