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Can anything else cause renal wasting of potassium and magnesium besides gitelman & bartters syndrome?
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Um...YES!!!: Hi. Silly question. OK, maybe you just don't know. Yes, there are MANY reasons for renal wasting of potassium besides Bartter's and the subset, Gitelman's syndromes. Do you have high blood pressure? No place to guess. See an endocrinologist. Good luck!
Answered 6/17/2015
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