Citation

Kujubu DA, Khosraviani A. Perm. J. 2015; 19(3): 74-76.

Affiliation

Nephrology Fellow at the Los Angeles Medical Center in CA. ardeshir.khosraviani@kp.org.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Kaiser Permanente)

DOI

10.7812/TPP/14-181

PMID

26176571

Abstract

The first case of severe hyponatremia, since referred to as beer potomania, in a heavy beer drinker patient was reported in 1972. Excessive consumption of beer in particular, which has a low solute content, may result in severe hyponatremia. We report a case of severe hyponatremia that occurred in a patient who, owing to his underlying colon cancer, was drinking beer and ingesting little food.

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