Symptoms of potassium deficiency in the body

Potbadium is a metal in the body, which contains about 98% potbadium inside the cells, small changes in the level of potbadium on the outside of the cells can have serious effects on the heart, nerves and muscles.

Symptoms of potbadium deficiency

According to the American medical website "Drug" Potbadium is important for maintaining many bodily functions, such as:

• You need muscles for potbadium.
• The heart muscle needs potbadium to properly control and regulate blood pressure.
• The kidneys are the main organ that controls the balance of potbadium by eliminating excess potbadium in the urine.
• When potbadium levels are low (hypokalemia), you can become weak as cellular processes decrease.

In the United States, almost one in five people have low potbadium levels, leading to eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.

Symptoms of potbadium deficiency

Reasons for low potbadium

A decrease in potbadium can occur for several reasons: the use of diuretics and diarrhea are the most common cause of low potbadium levels.

Disease and other medications can also reduce potbadium levels, and women and African Americans are more likely to develop hypokalemia.

Other causes of hypokalemia include:

• Specific renal disorders such as renal tubular acidosis (eg, chronic renal failure and acute renal failure)
• Magnesium deficiency
• Leukemia
• Cushing's disease (and other adrenal disorders)
• Loss of potbadium by the stomach and intestines
• vomiting
• Excessive use of laxatives
• Diarrhea
• Effect of drugs
• (Diuretics)

Symptoms of potbadium deficiency

Symptoms of low potbadium

Symptoms of low potbadium are usually mild. Sometimes the effects of a low potbadium level can be mysterious. There may be more than one presentation involving the digestive system (GI), Kidneys, muscles, heart and nerves.

Symptoms include:

• Weakness
• Tired
• Spasms in the muscles of the arm or leg
• Inability to move arms or legs due to weakness
• Tingling or numbness
• Nausea or vomiting
• Abdominal cramps and bloating
• Constipation
• Palpitations (feeling your heart beat irregularly)
• Grows a lot of urine or thirsts most of the time
• Fainting due to hypotension