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Salt poisoning is an intoxication resulting from the excessive intake of sodium (usually as sodium chloride) either in solid form or in solution (saline water, including brine, brackish water, or seawater). Salt poisoning sufficient to produce severe symptoms is rare, and lethal salt poisoning is possible but even rarer.
Sodium is found in table salt, rock salt, pickling salt, and sea salt. Some condiments, like soy sauce, also contain large amounts of sodium. Sodium is essential to human health, but too much sodium is poisonous. Sodium poisoning can cause seizures, coma, and death.
We performed a systematic review of fatalities from ingesting salt to assess if relatively moderate doses of salt could be fatal. In 27 reports, there were 35 fatalities documented (19 in adults and 16 in children).
1 lip 2020 · The most frequent causes of salt toxicity were salt water emetics, intentional administration of large quantities of salt to a child by a caregiver, and suicide attempts. Among the other causes were unintentional salt overload in infant formula, an exorcism ritual, and a college prank.
21 kwi 2021 · However, if a person consumes too much salt, they may be at risk of certain health conditions, including heart failure and stroke. In rare cases, a person can experience a fatal overdose of...
10 wrz 2024 · We present the case of a 45-year-old man who took seven tablets of a blood pressure-lowering drug, and paramedics subsequently administered a concentrated solution of table salt to induce vomiting. However, vomiting did not occur, leading to hypernatremia.
1 sty 2018 · Clinical signs of salt poisoning include loss of appetite, thirst, constipation, head pressing, circling, and seizures. Judicious water administration can resolve salt toxicosis if it is neither severe nor long-standing. Fluid therapy must be directed at a controlled lowering of serum sodium concentrations.
