What are the three common causes of hypokalemia?

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Kidney disease is no stranger to everyone, but I don't know what the reason is, why I didn't find it at the beginning. In fact, once the frequency of urine is more, I should pay attention to it, and no matter how busy I am, I have to eat, so I must pay attention to suffering from hypokalemia, and supplement potassium in time, otherwise the consequences are very serious. What are the three common causes of hypokalemia? Let's talk about it

What are the three common causes of hypokalemia?

The most common causes of hypokalemia include decreased potassium intake, excessive potassium excretion, intracellular transfer of extracellular potassium and crude cotton oil poisoning. In addition, genetic factors and bad living habits can also lead to hypokalemia, in which excessive potassium excretion includes loss of potassium through gastrointestinal tract, kidney and skin. The transfer of extracellular potassium to intracellular cells included hypokalemic periodic paralysis, alkalosis, excessive insulin and barium poisoning.

The most common cause of hypokalemia is the decrease of potassium intake, so patients must pay special attention to diet in daily life. The main clinical manifestations of the patients were myasthenia and paroxysmal soft paralysis. Most of the patients had attacks at night and after fatigue. The most common affected muscles were limbs. The patients with mild potassium deficiency had only anorexia, abdominal distension, nausea and constipation; Severe potassium deficiency can cause paralytic ileus. Some patients with hypokalemia even have systemic symptoms, such as limb weakness, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, etc.

Some diseases can also lead to the occurrence of hypokalemia, so we must know more about this disease. According to the etiological analysis of hypokalemia, the main treatment for hypokalemia is to supplement potassium and eat more potassium containing foods, such as fresh vegetables, juice and meat. Patients with arrhythmia, rapid ventricular rate, severe cardiomyopathy and familial periodic paralysis should be treated with potassium chloride. If there is no obvious improvement in symptoms, we should seek medical treatment. During the treatment, patients must actively cooperate with doctors.

matters needing attention

People must actively prevent the occurrence of hypokalemia, develop a good living habit of regular physical examination in the hospital, pay attention to diet, nutrition supplement, drink more water, ensure adequate sleep, have a positive and optimistic attitude, strengthen physical exercise more, and learn more medical knowledge at ordinary times.