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Should my 90 year old father eat salty foods if he was hospitalized due to low sodium?
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Depends: Depends on the cause of low salt level it could be due to too much fluid or to losing salt inthe urine. In older people water restriction is the best solution many times ask your doctor why the salt was low.
Answered 4/25/2016
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