What are the manifestations of potassium deficiency in the body and what are the symptoms of potassi

Here are the symptoms of potassium deficiency in the body:

1. The neuromuscular system manifests as neurological and muscle stress deficiency. When serum K+ is present, weakness of the muscles of the limbs may occur, and when it is lower, paralysis may occur, with the muscles of the limbs being the most prominent, and the tendon reflexes are dulled or absent. When respiratory muscles are affected, it can cause dyspnea.

2. Potassium deficiency in the digestive system can cause weakened intestinal peristalsis, such as loss of appetite, nausea and constipation, and severe hypokalemia can cause abdominal distension and paralytic bowel obstruction.

3. When the cardiovascular system is low in blood potassium, the myocardial excitability is generally enhanced, and palpitations and arrhythmia may occur. In severe cases, atrioventricular block, ventricular tachycardia, and ventricular fibrillation may occur, and finally the heart may stop beating in contraction. In addition, it can also cause myocardial hypotonia, heart enlargement, peripheral vasodilation, blood pressure drop, etc.

A lower serum potassium concentration is called hypokalemia.

What causes hypokalemia.

It is more common in long-term fasting or low food, and insufficient potassium intake; Caused by excessive potassium excretion due to heavy vomiting, diarrhoea, and long-term use of diuretics such as furosemide. The clinical manifestations are mainly neurological and muscular dysfunction, the more potassium loss is faster or accompanied by increased NA and CA concentrations, the symptoms are more obvious, hypokalemia is often mixed with the symptoms of the primary disease, which is easy to delay the diagnosis and should be paid attention to. When intravenous potassium supplementation, the urine output must be more than 30ml hours, do not be too fast or excessive, and intravenous bolus is strictly prohibited.

What are the symptoms of hypokalemia.

1.Weakness of the limbs, paralysis, sluggish or absent tendon reflexes, and dyspnea in severe cases.

2.Apathy, glazed eyes, lethargy, delirium.

3.Nausea, vomiting, bloating, intestinal paralysis.

4.Heart palpitations, arrhythmias.

What tests are needed for hypokalemia.

1.Serum potassium is lower.

2.ECG shows low flat, bidirectional or inverted T-waves and U-waves.

How to**1Actively ** cause the primary disease of K deficiency, return to normal diet.

2.Potassium supplementation:

1) When supplementing potassium, oral should be taken as much as possible, and intravenous supplementation should not be taken orally.

2) Intravenous potassium chloride, bolus injection is strictly prohibited, generally add glucose solution for infusion, the concentration should not exceed 3, and the drip rate should not exceed 80 drops per minute; Do not add more than 6g-8g every 24 hours.

3) When accompanied by acidosis, potassium bicarbonate can be used instead.

4) For patients with liver impairment, potassium glutamate can be used instead.

5) When the cardiac involvement is obvious or accompanied by MG deficiency, L potassium magnesium aspartate can be used.

The concentration of potassium in the blood is that when it is lower than the following, the following conditions will occur: 1. In the nervous system, there can be weakness and weakness of the limbs, especially in the lower limbs, and then extend to the upper limbs. It also affects the respiratory muscles to a certain extent, causing a certain degree of dyspnea or mental depression, fatigue, apathy, and drowsiness.

2. In terms of digestive system, potassium deficiency can cause weakened intestinal peristalsis, resulting in loss of appetite, nausea and constipation, and severe hypokalemia can cause abdominal distension or paralytic intestinal obstruction. 3. In the cardiovascular system, hypokalemia is generally due to increased myocardial excitability, palpitations, arrhythmias, and in severe cases, atrioventricular block, ventricular tachycardia and even ventricular fibrillation, which can finally lead to cardiac arrest. Therefore, severe hypokalemia requires aggressive potassium supplementation**.

Insufficient potassium intake, excessive potassium excretion, and extracellular potassium transfer to the cell can cause potassium deficiency in the human body, and people will have muscle weakness and heart function decline and other harms.

Potassium is an important substance for maintaining human health, and in many cases, the human body will have a lack of potassium, which needs to be replenished in time, otherwise it will harm your health. Usually people's irregular diet or digestive tract obstruction, as well as coma for too long and insufficient food intake will make the body appear too little potassium intake, then the body will be deficient in potassium, to eat more foods rich in trace element potassium as soon as possible to supplement potassium for the body, only in this way can reduce the harm of potassium deficiency to the body.

When excessive potassium excretion will also lead to potassium deficiency in the human body, especially when people have severe diarrhea and vomiting and other uncomfortable symptoms, it will lead to potassium loss in the gastrointestinal tract, and when people use diuretics or suffer from kidney disease, it will also lead to a large loss of potassium in the body, and the body will be deficient in potassium. A person's high intake of alkaloids or the use of insulin in large amounts can lead to the transfer of extracellular potassium into the cells, which can also lead to potassium deficiency in the body.

Potassium deficiency in the body will be seriously harmful, and physical health is prone to muscle weakness and soft elastic paralysis, which will feel that the arm cannot be lifted at all and even affect people's respiratory function, and feel that there is no strength to breathe. Because potassium in the human body will directly participate in the conduction of human regulatory nerves, if the human body is deficient in potassium, the conduction nerve function will be weakened, and these uncomfortable symptoms of the body will appear.

Potassium deficiency in the body will also be seriously harmful, heart health will make patients have chest tightness and arrhythmia, as well as cardiac arrest, etc., serious consequences, will make the heart function seriously damaged, sometimes shortness of breath and heart paralysis, if not effective, there may be loss of life, so after the person has potassium deficiency, we must determine the cause of potassium deficiency, and then according to the cause of potassium supplementation in the correct way, usually pay attention to diet, try to eat more foods rich in trace element potassium, This can meet the body's metabolic need for potassium and reduce the incidence of potassium deficiency.

Patients with potassium deficiency have the following symptoms:

1. Gastrointestinal symptoms: when potassium deficiency slows down the peristalsis of the gastrointestinal tract, the patient is prone to abdominal distention, and the slowdown of gastrointestinal function leads to intestinal paralysis and intestinal obstruction;

2. Inhibition of the respiratory system: some patients with potassium deficiency can easily lead to ventilator paralysis, respiratory dysfunction, and even respiratory failure;

3. The cardiovascular system is affected: potassium ions are important electrolytes in the conduction of electrical activities in the heart, and potassium deficiency can easily induce arrhythmia in the human body, especially tachyarrhythmia, resulting in sudden death of patients;

4. Affect the muscular and skeletal system: patients with potassium deficiency are prone to hypokalemia periodic paralysis, and patients wake up and find that they cannot move and their limbs are weak.

Potassium deficiency can cause serious damage to the human body, and severe hypokalemia can lead to death. Potassium deficiency should be actively supplemented with potassium, through the symptomatic treatment of potassium supplementation, so that the patient's blood potassium is in a safe range, and at the same time, it is necessary to actively look for the causes of hypokalemia, such as too little intake, the patient can not eat, poor appetite is prone to low potassium, and gastrointestinal diseases that lead to excessive potassium excretion, such as diarrhea, potassium loss from the gastrointestinal tract, and other diseases can also lead to potassium loss from the kidneys.

The symptoms of potassium deficiency are as follows:

1. Easily tired. When patients are deficient in potassium, because potassium can maintain the normal operation of nerves and muscles, if the body is deficient in potassium, symptoms of general weakness may occur.

2. Constipation. When a patient is deficient in potassium, the digestive system also weakens, so the patient may also have symptoms such as bloating and constipation.

3. Dizziness. When the patient is deficient in potassium, electrolyte imbalance may occur, and the patient usually has symptoms such as dizziness, nausea and vomiting, and if the potassium deficiency is more severe, it may also cause the patient to have a slow heartbeat, coma, shock, etc.

4. Tinnitus. Potassium also normally maintains the normal functioning of the nervous system, and when patients are deficient in potassium, they may experience abnormal reactions in the nervous system.