Hypokalemia

Introduction: Hypokalemia

Hypokalemia: Low levels of potassium in the body. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Hypokalemia is available below.

Symptoms of Hypokalemia

• Muscle weakness
• Ileus
• Constipations
• Arrhythmias
• Hypotension

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Home Diagnostic Testing

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Medical Textbooks Online about Hypokalemia

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Less Common Symptoms of Hypokalemia

• Excessive urination

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Hypokalemia?

• Misdiagnosis of Hypokalemia
• Underlying causes of Hypokalemia (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Misdiagnosis and Hypokalemia

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Causes of Hypokalemia

• Hydroflumethiazide
• Glucocorticoid receptor defect
• Arsenic trioxide
• Hypokalaemic periodic paralysis, thyrotoxic
• Calcium resonium

See full list of 74 causes of Hypokalemia

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More information about causes of Hypokalemia:

• Medications, drugs, or substances causing Hypokalemia (18 listings)
• Drug interactions causing Hypokalemia (1 listings)
• Hypokalemia as a complication caused by other conditions
• Hypokalemia as a symptom

Treatments for Hypokalemia

• Magnesium

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Reseach about Hypokalemia

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Clinical Trials for Hypokalemia

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 Hypokalemia 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

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Definitions of Hypokalemia:

Hypokalemia; lower than normal levels of potassium in the circulating blood. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Abnormally low level of potassium in the circulating blood leading to weakness and heart abnormalities; associated with adrenal tumors or starvation or taking diuretics - (Source - WordNet 2.1)