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What (aside from vomiting) would cause potassium levels to drop and remain low?

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Dr. Clarence Grim answered

Specializes in Endocrinology

Low K: 1. diarrhea 2. Not eating enough K 3. Taking diuretics 4. Hyperaldosteronism 5. Sweating a lot. 6. Eating licorice every day and many other causes I have specialized in low K for 50 years and happy to do 2nd opinion. Here for next 3 hours.

Answered 5/18/2017

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My potassium was randomly at 3.3 last Nov, so i ate a high potassium diet for 2 weeks and it went up to 4.0 but now its back at 3.4. what causes it to keep dropping? i eat bananas & spinach every day & no diuretics, exercise, diarrhea or vomiting

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