A member asked:

My friend's father, that is with sodium and potassium in brain, has also his heart swollen. is it also caused by high salt intake?

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Dr. Tarek Naguib answered

Specializes in Nephrology and Dialysis

An important factor: High salt intake is only an important factor. It causes a diseased heart with congestive heart failure to get worse and to become enlarged and the body becomes swollen. However, there are other factors like smoking, alcohol, coronary disease etc. Kidney disease is also an important factor in this picture.

Answered 2/4/2013

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