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Hypokalemia

Sign/Symptoms
Abdominal Cramp Blood Pressure Below Normal (Hypotension) Blood: Potassium Decreased (Hypokalaemia) Heart Rate Irregular (Arrhythmia) Heartbeats Felt By Patient (Palpitations) Mind: Delirium Mind: Depression Mind: Hallucination Mind: Psychosis Muscle Cramp Muscle Reflexes Below Normal (Hyporeflexia) Muscle Spasm (Twitching) Muscle Weakness Skin Tingling Or Numbness (Paresthesias) Swelling (Oedema, Edema) Thirst Urination Increase At Night (Nocturia) Urination of Large Volume of Urine (Polyuria)

Drugs
Amiloride Spironolactone

Treatments
Lifestyle Changes Citrus Fruits Weakly in Favour Low Evidence Increased Tomato Consumption Weakly in Favour Low Evidence

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Further Tests
Blood pH Test Blood pH (Increased) Chloride Concentration (Blood) Chloride (Blood, Cl) (Decreased) Creatine Kinase Concentration Creatine Kinase (CK) (Increased) Creatine Kinase3 (CK-MM) Isoenzyme (Increased) Osmolality, Blood (Serum Osmolality) Osmolality, Blood (Serum Osmolality) (Increased) Phosphate Concentration (PO4, Phosphorus) Phosphate (PO4, Phosphorus, P) (Decreased) Potassium Concentration (K, Blood) Potassium (K, Blood) (Decreased) Renin Assay Renin (Increased) Urine Potassium (K) Concentration Urine Potassium (K) (Increased)

Summary References

Treatments:

1. http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec12/ch156/ch156f.html#sec12-ch156-ch156f-800

2. http://nejm.highwire.org/cgi/content/extract/340/2/154-a

3. Umassmed.edu

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