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Can lithium cause your ankles to swell when it is hot out? and is this bad?
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Possibly: Lithium is exchanged with sodium in the kidney which influences water excretion vs retention. Lithium is a ver good medication, but requires careful monitoring. anything that increases or decreases fuid or salt intake and loss changes lithium level
Answered 5/21/2015
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