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What is syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone?
How do I know if I have syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone and what are the symptoms of syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone?
Symptoms vary, depending on the degree of abnormality in the serum sodium concentration and the speed with which this concentration falls. Usual symptoms include:
- Nausea, vomiting
- Loss of appetite
- Fatigue and weakness
- Irritability
- Personality changes, such as combativeness.
- Seizures
- Confusion
- Hallucinations
- Stupor
- Coma
Other health problems may also cause these symptoms. Only a doctor can tell for sure. A person with any of these symptoms should tell the doctor so that the problems can be diagnosed and treated as early as possible.
Who is at risk for syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone?
- Small cell lung cancer
- Gastrointestinal cancers: pancreatic cancer, stomach cancer
- Genitourinary cancer: bladder cancer, prostate cancer, ovarian cancer
- Lymphoma, including Hodgkin's disease
- Oral cancer, laryngeal cancer, nasopharyngeal cancer
- Thymoma
- Breast cancer
- Melanoma
- Brain tumors
- Inflammation of the brain, meningitis and encephalitis
- Head trauma
- Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS)
- Psychosis
- Certain medications: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, nicotine, diuretics, chlorpropamide, carbamazepine, tricyclic antidepressants, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, vincristine, thioridazine, cyclophosphamide, clofibrate, bromocriptine, haloperidol, thiothixene, exogenous oxytocin.
- Damage to the hypothalamus or pituitary gland during or after surgery
How to know you have syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone?
When to seek urgent medical care?
Treatment options
Diseases with similar symptoms
Where to find medical care for syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone?
Directions to Hospitals Treating syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone
Prevention of syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone
What to expect (Outook/Prognosis)?
Copyleft Sources
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/768380-overview
http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/UVAHealth/peds_diabetes/siadh.cfm
http://www.healthline.com/galecontent/syndrome-of-inappropriate-antidiuretic-hormone