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My mom has severe central pontine myelinolysis, what is this condition?
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Brain stem issue: This involves damage to the nerves within the pontine portion of the brainstem, and can be caused by alcoholism, but also due to rapid shifts of sodium due to intravenous fluid administration.
Answered 5/5/2015
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