Open AccessUrinary Retention and Severe Hyponatremia: An Unusual Presentation of COVID-19
Author(s) -
Ahmed Osman Saleh,
Shaikha D. Al-Shokri,
Afif Ahmed,
Ahmed Elmustafa Musa,
Mouhand Mohamed
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
european journal of case reports in internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 2284-2594
DOI - 10.12890/2020_001905
Subject(s) - hyponatremia , medicine , covid-19 , syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion , coronavirus , antidiuretic , disease , urinary system , urinary retention , pandemic , pediatrics , hormone , intensive care medicine , virology , surgery , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first reported in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome virus coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). A few published cases have linked COVID-19 and hyponatremia. The mechanism of hyponatremia in these cases is related to the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH). Here we present a unique case of urinary retention and SIADH as unusual presenting features of SARS-CoV-2 infection.