What can be done for hyperkalemia (cause unknown)?

Hyperkalemia: First, reduce your dietary potassium intake. Foods that are high in potassium can be found at: http://www.Healthaliciousness.Com/articles/food-sources-of-potassium.Php. Next, see your doctor so the cause can be found and follow any recommendation made. Why? High serum potassium levels that persist are really very dangerous to your health.

Get a diagnosis: The approach is: 1. Too much in: this is rarely the cause 2. Not enough out: this can happen in patients with unsuspected kidney disease or obstruction 3. Shift: potassium may be moving out of cells due to rupture from chemotherapy, trauma (rhabdomyolysis), or lack of Insulin (solute drag from hyperglycemia) see an internist or nephrologist for a diagnosis and treatment.