Recognize potassium deficiency: These symptoms indicate that you need more potassium

2024-03-26T13:05:35.020Z

Highlights: Recognize potassium deficiency: These symptoms indicate that you need more potassium. Potassium deficiency is dangerous because it increases the risk of heart problems. The muscle contracts more frequently and beats faster, which can result in dangerous cardiac arrhythmias. Only the treating doctor can diagnose a potassium deficiency and initiate the appropriate therapy. Whether a change in diet with more potassium-rich foods such as vegetables, nuts or potatoes is sufficient or whether potassium supplements are prescribed is at the doctor's discretion. The normal range is between 3.6-4.8 mmol/l.

As of: March 26, 2024, 1:45 p.m

By: Juliane Gutmann

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Anyone who eats a balanced diet usually consumes all the important nutrients.

But even in this case, potassium deficiency can occur.

This is how you recognize him.

Do you have regular check-ups with your family doctor?

You should keep that.

In this way, diseases can be diagnosed and treated early, which can be life-saving when it comes to cancer*, for example.

But even more harmless symptoms can be prevented through regular check-ups with a doctor.

Family doctors use a complete blood count to identify which values do not correspond to the norm.

These deviating values can in turn indicate certain illnesses or indicate the development of illnesses at an early stage, which is why medical advice is required.

With regard to the potassium level in the blood, according to the German Heart Foundation: The normal range is between 3.6-4.8 mmol/l.

For people with cardiac arrhythmias, it is often advisable to bring potassium and magnesium levels into highly normal ranges, according to the Heart Foundation.

In some cases, this could lead to a reduction in cardiac arrhythmias.

Potassium deficiency is dangerous because it increases the risk of heart problems

The muscle contracts more frequently and beats faster, which can result in dangerous cardiac arrhythmias.

As the Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) further informs, doctors differentiate between acute and chronic potassium deficiency.

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Walnuts are sources of potassium.

Possible symptoms: This is how a potassium deficiency becomes noticeable

As the specialist portal MDS Manual and the NDR inform,

the following symptoms can indicate a potassium deficiency

weakness
cramps
Tremble
Paralysis of the muscles
Cardiac arrhythmias
Kidney problems*
Muscle weakness (paresis)
fatigue
Constipation or increased urine output (polyuria)

Only the treating doctor can diagnose a potassium deficiency and initiate the appropriate therapy.

Whether a change in diet with more potassium-rich foods such as vegetables, nuts or potatoes is sufficient or whether potassium supplements are prescribed is at the doctor's discretion.

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