Watering down baby formula could cause ‘life-threatening seizures’ warns doctor

Hyponatremia, the medical term for low concentrations of sodium in the blood, can cause seizures, coma and death in severe cases.

Doctor Orwais Durrani, rang the alarm after seeing a rise in lethargic babies showing up to emergency rooms.

He told Insider: “A formula is essentially regulated as closely as any prescribed medication when it comes to the ingredients it to make sure a baby’s kidneys are developing, their liver, their electrolytes – everything else is in a very fine balance.

“They’re not as resilient as an adult who might be out in the sun for 12 hours and get dehydrated – we’ll still be OK for the most part, but for a baby, that’s not the case.