This kind of condition is known
as hypokalemia.
Not exact matches
• Subjects with
hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia at Screening (defined
as values below lower limit of normal [LLN]-RRB-.
There are a baker's dozen of articles in the medical literature on apple cider vinegar (
as indexed by the National Library of Medicine), and indeed there is a case report «
Hypokalemia, Hyperreninemia and Osteoporosis in a Patient Ingesting Large Amounts of Cider Vinegar» that does suggest ingestion may lead to potassium wasting.
A deficiency of potassium (
hypokalemia) can happen in people with certain diseases or
as a result of taking diuretics (water pills) for the treatment of high blood pressure or heart failure.
Precipitating causes of HE such
as hypoglycemia, gastrointestinal bleeding,
hypokalemia, and alkalosis should be identified and corrected whenever possible.
Excessive corticosteroid medications or too little sodium and potassium in the blood (hyponatremia,
hypokalemia)
as occasionally occurs on high doses of diuretics can both lower your pet's blood osmolality.
Any blood abnormalities like
hypokalemia or hyperkalemia have to be monitored
as well.
Hypokalemia must be judiciously corrected
as soon
as possible because this electrolyte abnormality is associated with a poor prognosis.