Electrolyte Imbalances | Hyponatremia (Low Sodium)

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Today’s video is all about hyponatremia for Nursing Students and NCLEX Review.

Hyponatremia is an electrolyte imbalance that occurs when sodium in the blood becomes diluted (sometimes from drinking too much water). This results in the kidneys being unable to excrete enough fluid to compensate for the excess intake.

Hyponatremia is associated with other conditions, such as SIADH. Watch to learn more about this critical electrolyte imbalance.

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[Cat_Trainer]

Not into nursing but i love this kinds of informations. better collect all basics when we still can.

[WillysCarm]

Absolutely true. I am low sodium and this tells a true tale!

[michaelbethea]

Thank you for making this video. It was the fourth one I looked at and the ONLY one in plain English that you didn't have to be a medical student to understand.

[julieteardreikey]

thank you so you're much a better teacher than by professor!!! you are a lifesaver

[MatheusOliveira-ergq]

thank you, I have adrenal insufficiency, got sick and my sodium went to 109, spent 4 days in coma.

[bbella]

This was definitely a life saver! Currently prepping for the fluids and electrolytes section of my exam👩🏾‍⚕️😭🙏🏽

[datsuntoyy]

I'll add one. "D" for Diet. Some people don't eat processed food and cook most of their own stuff. If you cook your own and don't like to add salt like me, it can happen. I'm on the keto diet and never add salt to my food, I've learned when I start feeling excessively tired or start getting dizzy, I down a 1/4 tsp of salt and it instantly perks me up. Also since when I take my salt, it's Himalayan salt so I also supplement iodine.

[melissawalser]

I was planning on panicking over my electrolytes lecture but now I dont have to. THANK

[odunzejoy]

Can't believe am blushing while watching this. U make nursing easier.

[NOOBNOOB]

my dads 67 bed ridden and was going pale and also slumping over by the time ambulance came he couldn't even lift his legs up I had to. he's in critical care. I don't get why this keeps happening its the 3rd time and I don't want to lose my dad please help

[footstepsforTheLordMostHigh]

My two cents, after experiencing this myself. First a low carb diet will in fact undoubtedly cause hyponatremia. You cannot at all increase your salt to stick unless you have glucose. Doctors can fill you up with saline but that will flush out in no time and you'll find yourself suffering again. You need to increase salty carbohydrate foods. Juice although it has sugar will not help.... fry rice or pretzels or a bag of salty chips will help you. Also, salt as some ppl put in the comment section is saying is not the same all across the board. I developed hyponatremia from a sea salt that had 8% sodium . It was called dead sea cooking salt. The nutrition label had no warning or anything to indicate it was low sodium.


People who do keto are on low carb diet and they constantly flush sodium which is called a keto flu. Whether you want to believe it or not, any form of low sugar/carbohydrate diet is keto, YES YOU ARE BOARDER LINE KETO. And since ppl are low sugar they will have an electrolyte problem. This will result in dysfunction of the cells and their ability to dilate and constrict properly thus causing high blood pressure. Any form of electrolyte imbalance can cause HBP. High fructose corn syrup and the likes are man made and dangerous to the body this artificial sugar can screw up your pancreas and liver. Also some foods are very hard to digest like veggies, corn, meat and these things require LOTS LOTS LOTS OF salt, so the salt you need is really going towards helping break down these things and not being used to hydrate you.


In the wild herbivores are at salt licks because cellulose is hard to break down without the enzymes. Salt goes towards making enzymes.
Carnivores do not drain the blood (which is similar to salt water) when they kill an animal and eat its flesh, this is how they get enough sodium. They are drinking blood.

We eat fruit and meat and a variety of things and this diet does not exclude us from needing high amounts of salt like these other animals.

[Cgeese]

Can dry heaving and gagging be directed caused by lower sodium levels.

[qaibthai]

i add too much water to my

headache got worse; then went to work; sweat like crazy;

a bowl of noodles fixed me back to normal.

[HappyLife-vhey]

Is nervousness a symptom of Hyponatremia ? Im on spirolactone my dr increased it from 25mg to 50 mg . I stopped a few days ago but feel nevrous miday .

[stevetanner]

my mum has a 5cm tumour on the brain stem and the first thing we know about it was a massive seizure now 3 months down the line she has to have salt tablets everyday, i can tell when her levels are out of whack because she gets very confused, i found this vid very useful in trying to get a handle on what is going on in her brain and the role salt plays, so thank you

[n.howell]

Taking magnesium when your adrenals are struggling can also cause sodium to plummet.

[ReportingEligiblePodcast]

Trying to figure out why I have a lack of appitite and fatigue 8 days after suspected heat exhaustion..I hope some more gatorade will give me the answer since I've been on water for the last few days and not too much food.

[sarahheadley]

These videos are so helpful thank you for your channel! Can you please do a video on hypernatremia? Thank you!

[Nooraykhan]

My mom is hypertensive and takes diuretics every day as prescribed by doc and takes very less sodium is she at the risk of hyponatremia I'm afraid to give her salt cause i don't want her to get high Bp but on the other hand I'm afraid about her being hyponatremic what do i do.

[kabades]

bit confusing, you have to do extra effort on understanding it. thanks sir for the info, godbless