Hypoelectrolytemia due to inadequate diet.
Rice soup is a traditional Korean food administered to control diarrhea. Useful for short-term control of diarrhea, chronic consumption of this soup can cause problems. We treated an infant who visited our hospital for symptoms of lethargy due to hypoelectrolytemia, which developed from the continuous consumption of rice soup (the upper part of rice ground in water) mixed with a spoonful of milk over a 2-month period to control frequent diarrhea. The case is reported here, together with a brief review of the literature.
Park
Eun-Sil
ES
Department of Pediatrics, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, Republic of Korea.
Seo
Ji-Hyun
JH
Lim
Jae-Young
JY
Park
Chan-Hoo
CH
Woo
Hyang-Ok
HO
Youn
Hee-Shang
HS
D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000178:diet therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000209:etiology*; D007010:Hyponatremia / Q000209:etiology*; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food; D007228:Infant Nutrition Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D008297:Male; D012275:Oryza