Wikis > General Medicine > Nutritional Disorders > Vitamin, Mineral and Essential Fatty Acid Deficiency & Toxicity > Sodium
Sodium:
Sources – beef, pork, sardines, cheese, green olives, corn bread, potato chips
Function – acid-base balance, blood pH, osmotic pressures, sodium pumps, nerve transmission, muscle contractibility
Deficiency hyponatraemia, confusion, coma, muscle cramps
Toxicity hypernatraemia
Effect on lower limb –
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