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A 30-year old 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 41-year old asked:
I have hypokalemia which is low potassium in my blood should I play soccer today or wait?
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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 29-year old female asked:
Was diagnosed with hypokalemia after taking florinef (fludrocortisone). Same day i had blood work for nt-probnp. Could low potassium cause high bnp? Mine was high
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A 22-year old male asked:
I am22 male. I had this hypokalemia. All my lab tests results are good. Still my doctors canot figure out the cause of my low potsium, why is that so?
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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 35-year old asked:
With hypertension and hypokalemia what is the best potassium supplements?
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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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A 41-year old male asked:
Can Potassium Citrate be used to manage hypokalemia? Please explain. Thank you.
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A 28-year old male asked:
How much does Inspra raise blood potassium? Can it be used with Klor-Con and Losartan. ? Ive always had severe hypokalemia due to aldosterone. It is at 4.3 with this regiment. Would adding Inspra be safe or make it go too high?
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A 38-year old male asked:
Does a basic metabolic panel show serum or intracellular potassium levels? How is hypokalemia diagnosed?
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A 38-year old male asked:
If the majority of potassium in the body is in red blood cells and very little in serum why is serum potassium level used to diagnose hypokalemia?
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A 47-year old female asked:
Eating to much Black licorice cause hypokalemia, can compensate this eating food rich in potassium? Can Cause also bleeding due to lowering platelets
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A 36-year old male asked:
What's more appropriate for hypokalemia or hypokalemic periodic paralysis? Potassium chloride or potassium citrate? Thanks.
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A 35-year old female asked:
Aldosteronism with hypokalemia, treat 100meq/day K. have weak knees and vericose veins. 2days thigh twitching? Related to potassium or knees?
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A 27-year old female asked:
Where i can get best doctor for hypocalamia deasease? Its a periodical problem od low potassiaum.
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A 24-year old male asked:
I have hypokelimia. Potassium deficiency. I body looses potassium daily. Is there ne permanent treatment of this?
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A 24-year old male asked:
I am having potassium deficiency. Hypokelimia. My body is not absorbing potassium from food. Is there any permanent treatment for this disease?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Low t3 (liothyronine) and "low" normal TSH & T4? Could it still be hypothyroidism? Other causes? I also have hypoglycemia and periodic hypokalemia.
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A 26-year old female asked:
Can not having near optimal range total t4 (6.3) tsh (1.02) and low total t3 (liothyronine) cause carb sensitivity and hypoglycemia, hypokalemia periodic paralysis?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Recurrent hypokalemia despite not on any meds to cause it. Low vit d and b12, why? I'm only 28 to have all these deficiencies.
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A 25-year old female asked:
ACTH levels were 6 then 7. Range is 6-50 could this still be low? not fasted. I also have hypoglycemia & periodic hypokalemia. What could this be?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Can Wilson's disease cause low T3, (liothyronine) hypoglycemia & occasional hypokalemia?
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A 39-year old female asked:
I have hypokalemia. Last few days i've been dizzy and muscle weakness to the point i almost fall. Could my levels be low?
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