Why decrease sodium when they’re deficient in sodium? Thanks for all your videos! Edit- wait, maybe restrict sodium because sodium makes you retain fluid???
I think that’s exactly why. I was wondering why there would be hyponatremia if we’re not peeing. Wouldn’t it be hypernatremia and excess water? But then again potassium shares an inverse relationship with sodium
Wait, I was just thinking about it and sodium makes you retain fluid and they have issues with fluid because kidneys aren’t excreting a lot of fluid so maybe that’s why? I’m watching her chronic kidney disease video now and she’s also saying to restrict sodium so I’m guessing it’s not an error when she says to do that.
And now I actually googled it and it said it can cause HTN (forgot about that one) and they can have HTN with acute and chronic kidney disease. But I guess now I’m confused how we increase the sodium levels since they’re at risk for seizures and confusion and stuff with low sodium…?
You can correct the sodium level and then maintain it by restricting sodium in the diet. Most foods nowadays are LOADED with additional sodium that we don’t need and it will add to their problems
