A man needed to be fitted with a pacemaker because of his dangerous habit of drinking 15 pints of beer each day. The unidentified patient, 68, was told he had 'irreversible' damage to his heart that was caused by low levels of sodium. Beer potomania, which is caused by drinking too much beer and having low levels of sodium, was identified in 1971. A CT scan during his latest visit revealed a low heart rate, which was being caused by an atrioventricular block that had never appeared previously. The AV block persisted - despite the fact the sodium levels improved to 130mmol/L, doctors wrote in the journal.

Source: Daily Mail September 06, 2018 08:48 UTC