A Rare Case of Visual Hallucinations Associated With Hyponatremia

Visual hallucinations are rare occurrences in patients presenting with hyponatremia. When they occur, the patient experiences these hallucinations with their eyes closed (vs. opened) and is insightful about the false perception. We present the case of a 64-year-old male diagnosed with hyponatremia c...

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Autores principales: Sharma, Vishal, Shah, Kavita, Reddy Mallimala, Priya, Sharma, Karan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10544411/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37791146
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44485
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description Visual hallucinations are rare occurrences in patients presenting with hyponatremia. When they occur, the patient experiences these hallucinations with their eyes closed (vs. opened) and is insightful about the false perception. We present the case of a 64-year-old male diagnosed with hyponatremia caused by a gastrointestinal illness, which led to visual hallucinations. The patient was treated with electrolyte infusion, and the hallucinations were resolved. Detailed history-taking is significant when dealing with such cases as hallucinations to differentiate it from other causes. Hallucination caused by hyponatremia can resolve with prompt correction of sodium, and the patients can be reassured.
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spelling pubmed-105444112023-10-03 A Rare Case of Visual Hallucinations Associated With Hyponatremia Sharma, Vishal Shah, Kavita Reddy Mallimala, Priya Sharma, Karan Cureus Internal Medicine Visual hallucinations are rare occurrences in patients presenting with hyponatremia. When they occur, the patient experiences these hallucinations with their eyes closed (vs. opened) and is insightful about the false perception. We present the case of a 64-year-old male diagnosed with hyponatremia caused by a gastrointestinal illness, which led to visual hallucinations. The patient was treated with electrolyte infusion, and the hallucinations were resolved. Detailed history-taking is significant when dealing with such cases as hallucinations to differentiate it from other causes. Hallucination caused by hyponatremia can resolve with prompt correction of sodium, and the patients can be reassured. Cureus 2023-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC10544411/ /pubmed/37791146 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44485 Text en Copyright © 2023, Sharma et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10544411/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44485
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