[HangnJudge]

hyponatremia is a frequently observed electrolyte abnormality in hospitalized chronic alcoholic patients and is related to various pathophysiological mechanisms.

http://alcalc.oxfordjournals.org/content/35/6/612.full
MECHANISMS OF HYPONATRAEMIA IN ALCOHOL PATIENTS

[tina07]

Thanks, drowning her system in beer for the last 26 yrs. has come to fruition for her, not to mention heavy smoking (smoker myself, cut down to less than a half pack last 3 yrs., so hypocritical there). I hope and pray she survives and makes DRASTIC changes.