Case Report: Severe hypernatremia from psychogenic adipsia

Shitij Arora; Sarah Manning; Rehan Shaffie

doi:10.12688/f1000research.9181.1

Case Report: Severe hypernatremia from psychogenic adipsia

Shitij Arora, Sarah Manning, Rehan Shaffie

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Abstract

Hypernatremia is a common emergency room presentation and carries high mortality. We describe a case of a 56-year-old male patient with who presents with refusal to drink water for several weeks leading to the admission. He was diagnosed with psychogenic adipsia and was treated successfully with fluids, mirtazapine and clonazepam.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	34
Journal	F1000Research
Volume	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.9181.1
State	Published - 2017

Keywords

Adipsia
Altered mental status
Hypernatremia
Infection
Osmolality
Osmotic demyelination
Paranoia
Stroke

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Immunology and Microbiology
General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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