Hyponatremia occurs when sodium levels in the body are below the typical level. It may develop in people living with cirrhosis, which is when scar tissue develops on the liver and replaces healthy ...

New guidelines on the diagnosis, classification, and treatment of true hypotonic hyponatremia have been published online in the European Journal of Endocrinology. The guidelines focus on managing ...

Hyponatremia is a condition that happens when you don’t have enough sodium in your blood. We often try to limit how much salt (sodium) is in the foods we eat, but it’s important to remember that our ...

Hyperglycemia refers to high blood glucose levels, while hyponatremia refers to low blood sodium levels. While they are different conditions, some people with hyperglycemia might also have ...

When your liver is severely damaged, you can end up with cirrhosis that then contributes to hyponatremia, which is low blood sodium levels. When your liver is damaged, your body repairs the damage by ...

Although exercise-associated hyponatremia has been reported in several studies, the effect of participation in long-distance triathlon races on plasma sodium levels is unknown. Prior studies have ...

Adults who used thiazide diuretics for hypertension were more likely than were those who used nonthiazide agents to develop hyponatremia within 2 years of starting treatment, a new study of more than ...

Physicians may soon have a new way to help predict cancer at earlier stages. Interestingly, it may hinge on sodium levels. In a recent study, hyponatremia was associated with the subsequent diagnosis ...