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- - A 31-year-old woman with untreated chronic schizophrenia experienced extreme thirst (polydipsia), which resulted in a coma and eventual death due to swelling of the brain (cerebral edema).
- - She had dangerously low sodium levels (hyponatremia) and low serum osmolality, along with excessive urine production (polyuria) that was effectively treated.
- - The case suggests that some psychotic patients can self-induce severe water intoxication, potentially bypassing the normal ability of their kidneys to manage fluid balance.
Article Abstract
A 31-year-old woman with untreated chronic schizophrenia developed extreme polydipsia which rapidly led to coma and death due to cerebral edema. Hyponatremia (120 mEq/liter) and serum hypo-osmolality (260 mOsm/kg) were associated with marked polyuria (up to 1850 ml/hour) and appropriately low urinary osmolality (90 mOsm/kg) which responded to treatment. This case and few qualifying previous reports which are reviewed support the possibility that pure self-induced water intoxication with no major contribution of inadequate release of antidiuretic hormone may occur, and that extreme polydipsia can sometimes overwhelm normal renal diluting capacity in psychotic patients.
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