An Individual Visits a Physician with the Complaint of Nausea,mental

Multiple Choice

An individual visits a physician with the complaint of nausea,mental confusion,and needing an excessive amount of salt all the time.Laboratory results indicate decreased serum sodium and low serum osmolality.Physical examination reveals hypovolemia with low orthostatic blood pressure and tachycardia.A urine sodium analysis was suggested by a laboratorian and urine sodium was found to be increased; the physician diagnoses a salt-losing nephropathy (a renal tubule disease) .What type of electrolyte disorder is this?

A) Dilutional hyponatremia
B) Depletional hyponatremia
C) Hypernatremia
D) Metabolic acidosis