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A 60-year-old female asked:

Er visit for headache, drowsiness, blurred vision, brain scan fine, blood work ok excerpt potassium 3.1 would it cause my symptoms any ideas? heart ok

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Dr. Stuart Hickerson
Dr. Stuart Hickersonanswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Potassium: The low potassium in itself should not cause your symptoms. Sounds like the symptoms were a migraine or migraine like headache. The low potassium can be associated with low magnesium and that can make you prone to migraine headaches. This would be one possible explanation.
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