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What Cause Slurred Speech During Hospitalisation For Heart Disease?

hi my dad is in the cardilogy dept at a local hospital, suffers from heart and kidney disease went in last week with severe edema in the legs, groin, and water in lungs came out of CCU now in a private room recovering and is on

O2, called nurse nurse syas he is doing very good has been in hospital now 10 days, my concern is 2 days ago while visiting him i noticed he was very tired, speech difficult to understand yet he is very coherent otherwise why is this happening his speech is slurred, is this due to the O2?
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Hello, Because of the fluids in the lungs, he would have been offered diuretic s, these drugs flush out extra fluid in urine, however along with extra fluid they also tend to flush out potassium /sodium.
It is this decrease in body sodium that causes a little slurring of speech / slowed mentation.
So if it was only for a short time, that is the most common reason.
Oxygen per say will not cause slurring rather it's decrease in oxygen which causes drowsiness.
Regards Dr Priyank Mody
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What Cause Slurred Speech During Hospitalisation For Heart Disease?

Hello, Because of the fluids in the lungs, he would have been offered diuretic s, these drugs flush out extra fluid in urine, however along with extra fluid they also tend to flush out potassium /sodium. It is this decrease in body sodium that causes a little slurring of speech / slowed mentation. So if it was only for a short time, that is the most common reason. Oxygen per say will not cause slurring rather it s decrease in oxygen which causes drowsiness. Regards Dr Priyank Mody