Symptoms of sodium depletion include muscle cramps, nausea, vomiting, and coma.

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Symptoms of sodium depletion include muscle cramps, nausea, vomiting, and coma. Click to select the individuals who are at risk for low blood sodium Margaret suffers from kidney disease and is not compliant with her low sodium diet. Amanda is ill for several days with persistent vomiting. She cannot consume any foods or fluids. Louis is an elderly widower Since his wife's death, he consumes mostly frozen dinners and take-out foods. Joe sweats profusely as he works on his roof. He drinks many bottles of plain water to replace fluid losses

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The condition of low sodium level in blood is called Hyponatremia.There are many factors that can cause Hyponatremia. The factors are:

1. Margret is suffering from kidney disease due to which drainage of fluid and water from the body may be intruppted therfore Margret is at high risk of Hyponatremia.

2.Amanda is with persistent vomitting which means she is loosing electrolytes from her body, so she is also iat high risk of Hyponatremia.

3.Louis consumes frozen dinner and take-out foods and these foods are rich in sodium so he is not at risk of Hyponatremia.

4.Joe sweats everyday when working on roof and with other electrolytes sodium is also excreating in sweat and since he consumes only plain water so water contents are also increasing in the body & plain water can not replace fluid losses so as above statement hyponatremia is caused by too much water and fluid in the body. so Joe is also at risk of Hyponatremia.

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