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Occasional confusion

2018-02-08 06:24:33
My father get sometime confused whether it is evening or morning after wake-up from sleep. Whether this is for sodium fall or a common phenomenon in old age? He is 82 years old.
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Hyponatremia can cause it. Or any infection like viral urine can lead to confusion. In late age dementia also need to consider for confusion.
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pls consult Dr kaushik pan at shishu sadan (Ramakrishna mission ) near hazra. he is good neurologist.

Answered2018-02-08 21:19:00

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