What symptom does lack potassium have and harm

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Do you know what are the seven essential nutrients for human body? There are protein, fat, sugar, water, vitamins, dietary fiber and minerals. And potassium is one of the minerals, is the necessary trace element for the human body. Since it is a necessary substance for our human body, once the lack of this substance will cause a series of reactions, today we will go into the world of trace element potassium, have a serious understanding of potassium, and see what kind of symptoms the lack of potassium will cause, and what should we do? Let's take a look at the following.

What symptom does lack potassium have and harm

First: what role does potassium play in the human body? Potassium exists in cells and mainly works with extracellular sodium. Its two functions are to maintain the balance of osmotic pressure of cells, stimulate muscles to work normally and participate in the absorption and metabolism of sugar. It is an important trace element to maintain normal body.

Second: what are the symptoms of potassium deficiency? As I said just now, potassium mainly works with sodium to maintain the osmotic pressure balance of cells, so as to maintain the blood pressure. If the body lacks potassium, it will cause abnormal blood pressure, difficulty for muscles to work normally, and difficulty in absorbing and metabolizing sugar in the blood.

Third: in clinical manifestations, the heart rate is generally too fast, muscle activity seems to be inadequate, some patients will have nausea, dizziness symptoms, in addition, long-term lack of potassium, may cause certain damage to the heart, heart damage often leads to the death of patients, so we should pay attention to.

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In general, in the daily diet, potassium can be well supplemented, lack of potassium appears more likely to occur in long-term fasting to lose weight friends. Foods rich in potassium include dairy products, fruits, beans, etc.