title: Severe hypernatremia by excessive bamboo salt ingestion in healthy young woman.
abstract: Severe hypernatremia is an important electrolyte disorder that has serious effects. The patient had no medical history. A. 20-year-old ingested bamboo salt for digestion and weight reduction according to the folk remedies posted on an internet website. She presented with vomiting and diarrhea over ten times per day. Her initial serum sodium concentration was 174mEq/L. Her symptoms improved rapidly with hypotonic saline infusion. She recovered completely without any sequelae in three days. Severe hypernatremia in a normal young adult with clear consciousness and normal renal function has not been reported in Korea yet. So we report a case of severe hypernatremia by excessive bamboo salt ingestion in healthy young woman.
authors.affiliation: Renal Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyun Jun
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Ju
authors.affiliation: Renal Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Hong Jin
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.affiliation: Renal Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Dae Eun
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Renal Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Ki Ryang
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Na
authors.affiliation: Renal Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Kang Wook
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Renal Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Young Tai
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Shin
keywords: Folk remedies; Hypernatremia