Question 1

what are some of the symptoms of high potassium levels?

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None or death: There are no symptoms from high potassium and, if you have normal kidney function, you can't get a high potassium unless you purposefully overdose on medication. When potassium becomes approximately twice the normal concentration, the heart stops.  No warning. Just stops. (potassium is used in executions).

Question 2

what are the common signs and symptoms of ms in a 24 year woman?

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Variable: There is a broad range of symptoms, usual ones being visual problems, numbness, tingling and weakness. You may consult this site for more information on this topic.
http://www.webmd.com/multiple-sclerosis/guide/multiple-sclerosis-symptoms#1
For good health - Have a diet rich in fresh vegetables, fruits, whole grains, milk and milk products, nuts, beans, legumes, lentils and small amounts of lean meats. Avoid saturated fats. Drink enough water daily, so that your urine is mostly colorless. Exercise at least 150 minutes/week and increase the intensity of exercise gradually. Do not use tobacco, alcohol, weed or street drugs in any form. 
Practice safe sex, if you have sex. 
Get HPV vaccine.

Question 3

what are the early signs and symptoms in most patients with ms?

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Symptoms can be: Vague: painful blindness, odd sensations of the body, weakness, bowel/bladder changes, etc.  However, i could make an endless list of other medical disorders that cause the same problems.  The only way to know if you have ms is to be evaluated properly and to see if you meet the mcdonald criteria, which dictates the diagnostic criteria.

Question 4

what are the symptoms of high potassium?

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Hyperkalemia.  : Early signs are fairly non-specific and can include nausea, malaise, fatigue, muscle weakness and heart palpitations.  But these symptoms can be seen in other disorders too, so they are not unique to hyperkalemia.  Unfortunately, if the potassium level becomes too high, life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias may develop.  Hope this answers your question.

Question 5

high potassium symptoms?

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Depends on how high: When it gets high enough your heart stops.  But more commonly high potassium can give you palpitations or sometimes no symptoms at all.  Regardless of whether you have symptoms, the cause should be investigated and treated promptly.

Question 6

what are common causes of high potassium levels?

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Factors: A simplistic way to look at it: 
potassium levels can be high if the dietary intake is high, if the excretion is low (eg. In kidney disease, or in certain states when the kidneys can't excrete potassium well even if the function otherwise is normal like rta), or if potassium shifts from inside the cells to the blood stream.

Question 7

would dialysis be needed for high potassium levels?

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Yes: If the potassium level is dangerously high then   and the level can't be lowered with oral and/or IV medications then you might need emergency dialysis.

Question 8

what does high potassium levels in the blood indicate?

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High potassium: Many conditions can cause high potassium levels in the blood.  Among these are: disorders of the adrenal glands,  hemolysis of red blood cells, breakdown of muscles following trauma.

Other causes are chronic kidney disease, diabetic ketoacidosis, or acidosis of any type, use of ace-inhibitors, or angiotensin blockers and the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory  agents.

Question 9

what problems could high potassium levels in the blood cause?

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Cardiac problems: the most feared and morbid complication is a cardiac arrhythmia which could be fatal. This is usually caused by an acute rise in potassium level. The body may adapt to a slow chronic rise and therefore a treatment plan should be dictated by your doctor who would follow the level closely.

Question 10

please suggest what foods help to lower high potassium level?

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Nephrologist: Potassium balance is tightly regulated by the kidneys, so any potassium disorder implies some derangement in potassium handling. If you have high potassium problems, you must consult nephrologist. 
Please see this website for info on low potassium diet.
http://www.kidney.org/atoz/content/potassium.cfm.

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