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A member asked:
Can the hypernatremia of diabetes insipidus be disguised as normal serum sodium due to extreme low sodium diet for many years?
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Well...: I doubt it. It's all about the loss of water. You'd get worse dehydration and low blood pressure, but electrolytes wouldn't be normal
Answered 5/31/2015
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