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Medical Forum / General / General / January 2004Low sodium - salt pills?
My mother has a low sodium problem (possibly the least of her problems, since the cause is small-cell carcinoma). The doctor has her eating potato chips and other salty snack foods. Just wondering why a simple salt pill wouldn't do the trick. When she was in the hospital recently, they didn't have salt pills, and told her they had no idea where she'd get them. Aren't these routinely taken by athletes, etc, to avoid dehydration? > My mother has a low sodium problem (possibly the least of her > problems, since the cause is small-cell carcinoma). The doctor has [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > no idea where she'd get them. Aren't these routinely taken by > athletes, etc, to avoid dehydration? Eating chips is probably the least of your mother's problems, since she has small cell carcinoma. (which I think is what my mother had). Here it says "Avoid salt pills: Salt pills are too concentrated, need a lot of water for adequate dilution and can lead to vomiting and diarrhea." http://www.coach.ca/e/nutrition/docs/SnackFluids2.pdf And why aren't you on alt.support.cancer for these questions and/or more information that gets posted at times..? there's also private ACOR email lists at www.acor.org J-not a doctor > > My mother has a low sodium problem (possibly the least of her > > problems, since the cause is small-cell carcinoma). The doctor has [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > J-not a doctor PS <http://www.vh.org/adult/provider/radiology/LungTumors/ParaneoplasticProcesses/Te xt/SIADH.html> SIADH is most common in cases of small cell lung cancer with up to 15% of these patients presenting with hyponatremia.While SIADH is a relatively common cause of hyponatremia, there are other mechanisms that lead to hyponatremia in lung cancer patients.Tumor produced atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) is secreted by some small cell carcinomas leading to serum sodium wasting and hyponatremia without elevated ADH. |
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