Acute water intoxication as another unusual manifestation of child abuse.
A 4 1/2-year-old boy developed hyponatraemia with coma and convulsions as the result of acute water intoxication. Information subsequently obtained strongly suggested that the excessive water ingestion was enforced by a punitive foster father.
D002649:Child Abuse; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014869:Water Intoxication