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My mother's(59) serum sodium-131 .serum potassium-4.2, serum chloride-91.(all low) can it be the reason for throat infection or prolonged cough.

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No: Those lab values will not cause infection or cough. But if she is taking a blood pressure medication like Lisinopril (or any ending in -pril), that may be the cause of the cough.

Answered 9/29/2016

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