Pathology is characterized by the abnormal secretion of the anti-diuretic hormone, leading to an excessive buildup of water in the body and a resulting relative hyponatraemia.
The symptoms of this pathology generally include fatigue, confusion, falls, seizures, inappropriate thirst, headache, and nausea.
The signs that are displayed in someone who has contracted this ailment are weakness, coma, euvolaemia, papilloedema, myoclonus, ataxia, and tremor.
The most common treatments for this pathology involve restricting fluid intake and taking Demeclocycline.
Rapid corrections can lead to severe complications, such as central pontine myelinolysis. As such, a sodium correction rate of 0.5-1mmol/hour should be used in order to prevent this.
For cases arising from idiopathic or drug-related causes, the prognosis is usually good.