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Potassium deficiency

Potassium deficiency: Introduction

Potassium deficiency: A deficiency of potassium in the body. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Potassium deficiency is available below.

Symptoms of Potassium deficiency

• Symptoms can vary depending on the severity of the deficiency
• Asymptomatic in mild cases
• Increased blood pressure
• Diarrhea
• Excessive sweating
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Treatments for Potassium deficiency

• Increase potassium intake or treat underlying cause of potassium loss
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• Diet high in potassium containing food such as bananas
• Potassium supplementation
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Potassium deficiency?

• Misdiagnosis of Potassium deficiency
• Failure to diagnose Potassium deficiency
• Undiagnosed: Potassium deficiency

Potassium deficiency: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Potassium deficiency:

• Death can occur in severe cases
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Causes of Potassium deficiency

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Disease Topics Related To Potassium deficiency

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

• Hypokalmeia
• Natural diuretic
• Diabetic ketoacidosis
• Bartter Syndrome
• Gitelman Syndrome
• Hypertension
• Improper sleep
• more related diseases...»

Misdiagnosis and Potassium deficiency

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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Potassium deficiency

Medical research articles related to Potassium deficiency include:

• Hyponatraemia
• Bartter Syndrome (Overview)
• Hypokalemia (Diagnosis)
• Myoglobinuria (Follow-up)
• Burns, Electrical
• Myoglobinuria (Diagnosis)
• Metabolic Alkalosis (Treatment)
• Hyperkalaemia
• more research...»

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Research about Potassium deficiency

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Clinical Trials for Potassium deficiency

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 Potassium deficiency 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...»

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Prevention of Potassium deficiency

Prevention information for Potassium deficiency has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Potassium deficiency.

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Potassium deficiency: Broader Related Topics

• Mineral deficiency
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Types of Potassium deficiency

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