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Hypokalemia

Hypokalemia: Introduction

Hypokalemia: Low levels of potassium in the body. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Hypokalemia is available below.

Symptoms of Hypokalemia

• Muscle weakness
• Ileus
• Constipations
• Arrhythmias
• Hypotension
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 22 symptoms of Hypokalemia

Treatments for Hypokalemia

• Magnesium
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Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Hypokalemia:

• Fatigue: Related Home Tests:
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  • Home Calcium Deficiency Tests
• more...»

Wrongly Diagnosed with Hypokalemia?

• Misdiagnosis of Hypokalemia
• Failure to diagnose Hypokalemia
• Hidden causes of Hypokalemia (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Hypokalemia

Hypokalemia: Related Patient Stories

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• low potassium, fast heart rate
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• Losing Vision
• I my tsh level too low?

Hypokalemia: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Hypokalemia:

• Weakness
• Cardiac arrhythmias
• Paralysis
• Death
• more complications...»

Causes of Hypokalemia

• Hydroflumethiazide
• Glucocorticoid receptor defect
• Arsenic trioxide
• Hypokalaemic periodic paralysis, thyrotoxic
• Calcium resonium
• more causes...»

See full list of 74 causes of Hypokalemia

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More information about causes of Hypokalemia:

• Medications, drugs, or substances causing Hypokalemia (18 listings)
• Drug interactions causing Hypokalemia (1 listings)
• Hypokalemia as a complication caused by other conditions
• Hypokalemia as a symptom

Disease Topics Related To Hypokalemia

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Hypokalemia:

• Potassium homeostasis
• Palpitations
• Skeletal muscle weakness
• Cramping
• Paralysis
• more related diseases...»

Less Common Symptoms of Hypokalemia

• Excessive urination
• more symptoms...»

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Misdiagnosis and Hypokalemia

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Hypokalemia: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Blood Health Specialists (Hematology):
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  • Pediatric Hematology / Oncology (Child Cancer/Leukemia)
  • Hematopathology (Blood Diagnostics)
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Hypokalemia: Animations

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Research about Hypokalemia

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Clinical Trials for Hypokalemia

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Hypokalemia include:

• Spironolactone to Decrease Potassium Wasting in Hypercalciurics on Thiazides Diuretics - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Spironolactone
• Effect of Vitamin K on Age-Related Bone Loss and Vascular Calcification - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Vitamin K
• more trials...»

Read more about Clinical Trials for Hypokalemia

Hypokalemia: Broader Related Topics

• Blood conditions
• Metabolic disorders
• Water-electrolyte imbalances
• more types...»

Types of Hypokalemia

Hypokalemia Message Boards

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Definitions of Hypokalemia:

Hypokalemia; lower than normal levels of potassium in the circulating blood. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Abnormally low level of potassium in the circulating blood leading to weakness and heart abnormalities; associated with adrenal tumors or starvation or taking diuretics - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

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