Hi, Jodi, I could access the first link you gave us. I printed it out. The
second one is limited to members only . It looked like membership may be
pretty expensive. Think the first one gave me plenty of information to
digest. Thanks, Ruuth
From Ruth Strackbein
From: "Jodi W Menard" <jwmen...@cox.net>
Reply-To: silver-list@eskimo.com
To: silver-list@eskimo.com
Subject: Re: CS>low sodium on blood test
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 19:07:56 -0500
Ruth - Please forgive me
for harping on this, but constipation and digestive disturbances are
symptoms of hypothyroidism, and the report below warns that low thyroid
is especially prevelant
in older folks with colonic conditions.
About low sodium (for Paula too): Snipped from:
http://www.emedicine.com/pmr/topic57.htm
"Hyponatremia often is seen in patients with hypothyroidism."
(Hyponatremia is the medical term for low sodium in the blood.)
"Hypothyroidism causes a constellation of changes in the body. The lack
of thyroid hormone results in
slowed or reduced metabolic function, such as decreased protein
turnover and impaired carbohydrate
metabolism. These metabolic changes occur in many organ systems,
including muscle. Pain with
muscle exertion is characteristic of defective carbohydrate metabolism."
___________
Here's the report: From
http://www.springerlink.com/content/j552v5737392253w/
Acute colonic surgery and unrecognized hypothyroidism: A Warning -
Report of Six Cases
Diseases of the Colon & Rectum
Publisher Springer New York - ISSN 0012-3706 (Print) 1530-0358 (Online)
Subject Medicine -
Issue Volume 40, Number 7 / July, 1997 - Category Case Reports - DOI
10.1007/BF02055446 -
Pages 859-861 SpringerLink Date Thursday, August 18, 2005 - Eric
Bergeron1, Andrew Mitchell1,
Françoise Heyen1 and Serge Dubé1
(1) Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of
Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Abstract PURPOSE: This study was designed to highlight the
significant morbidity related to undetected
hypothyroidism in the elderly who are undergoing emergency surgery.
METHOD: Case reports of six
patients who presented with acute colonic surgical conditions are
reviewed. RESULTS: Six cases of
undetected hypothyroidism in a group of elderly patients was unmasked
at the time of surgery for acute
colonic conditions or in the perioperative period. These patients
experienced increased morbidity, but once
detected and treated, all but one had an uneventful recovery.
CONCLUSION: Unrecognized hypothyroidism may lead to unnecessary surgery
or even a potentially fatal
outcome. A heightened awareness of this not so uncommon entity is
mandatory.
____________________
I hope this helps. Jodi
ruth strackbein wrote on 4/4/2007, 4:12 PM:
> Thanks, Paula, I suspect that I may have had excessive stools the
day
> they put me in the hospital and tested my sodium level. I do not
> usually actually have "runs", but rather many formed stools in one
day
> and then diminishing amounts one or two succeeding days. Then
nothing.
> After a day or two, I do something about it because my ascending
colon
> feels tight and full and I begin to pass tiny little narrow
cylinders
> which require huge effort and sometimes, manual intervention.
Sorry if
> this is gross. My problems are usually gross. Ruth
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