Sodium bicarbonate abuse: a case report.
Sodium bicarbonate abuse is unusual, and rarely reported. A patient was extensively investigated at several hospitals for a recurrent hypokalaemic metabolic alkalosis; it transpired that she had been abusing sodium bicarbonate for 8 years and had gained hospital admission at will by taking large amounts. She also showed features of the Munchausen syndrome.
D000328:Adult; D000471:Alkalosis / Q000139:chemically induced; D001639:Bicarbonates; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000139:chemically induced; D009110:Munchausen Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D012964:Sodium; D017693:Sodium Bicarbonate; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*
D001639:Bicarbonates; D017693:Sodium Bicarbonate; D012964:Sodium