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Low potassium (hypokalemia)

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A 30-year-old member asked:

What are the causes of low potassium (hypokalemia)?

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A 55-year-old female asked:

What can cause sudden dangerously low potassium, hypokalemia, causing me to collapse and nearly die? What tests do I need?

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A 21-year-old male asked:

I have chronically low potassium. Is drinking coconut water safe? I drink 50 oz per day over the last few months & it has corrected my hypokalemia.

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A 22-year-old male asked:

I have a low potassium problem and kidney stones problem. Is my hypokalemia the cause of my kidney stones? Or the other way?

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A female asked:

How does hypokalemia affect leg muscle endurance activities like running and swimming? With low potassium can you still build muscle?

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A female asked:

Can you fix severe hypokalemia just by eating a lot more potassium?

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A 45-year-old male asked:

When treating genetically-induced hypokalemia (3 members of my immediate family have it), how much oral potassium should be taken on a daily basis?

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A 25-year-old female asked:

Can exercise & glucose shift potassium in a healthy person? I'm diagnosed hkpp, getting 2nd opinion. Hypoglycemia & random hypokalemia. What else???

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A 33-year-old female asked:

Took potassium for hypokalemia but it's been 3 days and still super dizzy ?

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A 22-year-old male asked:

I have a hypokalemia, why does my doctor recomends potassium citrate?

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