salt-depletion crisis
salt-·de·ple·tion cri·sis
severe illness resulting from loss of sodium chloride, usually in urine (that is, salt-losing nephritis), in sweat following severe exercise in hot weather, or in intestinal secretions, as in cholera. Can occur as result of Addison disease or addisonian crisis; characterized by hypovolemia, hypotension.
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salt-de·ple·tion cri·sis
(sawlt dĕ-plēshŭn krīsis)Severe illness resulting from loss of sodium chloride, usually in urine (i.e., salt-losing nephritis), in sweat following severe exercise in hot weather, or in intestinal secretions, as in cholera.
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