HealthTap Online Primary Care Doctors Accepting New Patients
Book a video visit
HealthTap
Telehealth
A member asked:

My mom has severe central pontine myelinolysis, what is this condition?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

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.

Dr Ali and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 5/5/2015

2.9k views

Thank

Related Questions

A member asked:

What to do if i think I have severe bipolar disorder.. How can I talk to my mom about it?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

A member asked:

My mom is experiencing severe skin disorder on her neck, hands and face. Some doctors say its hormonal imbalance but we want to seek another opinion.

A doctor has provided 1 answer

A member asked:

My mom has severe COPD,coronary artery disease peripheral vascular disease. She has a deep/dark bluish purple bruise across her entire stomach. Burns?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

A member asked:

How can I answer my mom's "gender disorder" questions?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

A member asked:

My boyfriends mom has a grave disease. How do I treat them?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Sponsored Content
HealthTap Medical Group does not endorse products or services. Sponsored content revenues support our mission to make health information free and accessible to all.Learn more

People also searched for:

Does Central Pontine Myelinolysis (after a hypernatremic state) always show up on MRI? Other test results?
My mom was diagonised of acute infarct in the pons, she can neither sit, walk, talk nor swallow well.what treatment can she have?
My mom has a rare central nervous system disease and there is no help! what can we do?
Ever since my mom passed i've had severe health anxiety thinking I have every disease out there with any symptom. It's ruining my happiness/depressing?
My mom is diabetic and she has hyperhidrosis and there is a severe smell in her sweat is it some kind of disease and what should we do for that?

Telemedicine

Primary Care
Manage Your Conditions
Women's Health
Children's Health
Men's Health
Senior Health
Wellness, Prevention & Lifestyle
Sexual Health
Mental & Behavioral Health
Travel Medicine
Urgent Care
Ask your question
Didn't find what you're looking for?

90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more.

Ask your question

More of what we treat

Allergies
Antibiotics
Asthma
High Blood Pressure
Prescriptions
Type 2 Diabetes
Content on HealthTap (including answers) should not be used for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, and interactions on HealthTap do not create a doctor-patient relationship. Never disregard or delay professional medical advice in person because of anything on HealthTap. Call your doctor or 911 if you think you may have a medical emergency.
HealthTap
HIPAA logo
HIPAASecure
Soc 2 Type 2 logo
SOC 2 Type 2Certified
JCAHO Accredited
JCAHOAccredited
Member App

Download HealthTap

Video visit and message your doctor

Member App QR Code
Play Store Member LinkApp Store Member Link

Questions?

+1 (888) 828-0841support@healthtap.com
LinkedInTwitter
HomeTermsPrivacyCookiesDMCAHealth TopicsDoctors DirectoryDoctor Q&A by Specialty
Copyright 2026 HealthTap, Inc.