40y F, Post R adrenalectomy 12.15.10 Re: Re: Muscle Spasm due to Low K

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I dunno who dunno is? oops I see it at the end of the note. Maybe we should be putting this in the subjectNeed Correction...when my K drops below 3.8...not 3.5. JuliSubject: Re: Re: Muscle Spasm due to Low KTo: hyperaldosteronism Date: Sunday, February 6, 2011, 6:03 PM How interesting is it!!!!! My muscle spasm started when I was 25 and had it once-twice a year for 40 years before I had my terrible episodes with BP. I am still not diagnosed with PA. Potassium tests 11/09/10 11/05/10 11/04/10 11/03/10 11/02/10 11/01/10 10/31/10 10/30/10 3.9 3.5 3.6 3.9 3.4 3.5 3.7 3.9To: hyperaldosteronism Sent: Sat, February 5, 2011 11:24:24 PMSubject: Re: Muscle Spasm due to Low K Your mention of back muscle spasms is really interesting to me. Long before I was diagnosed with HTN or low K, I started getting a muscle spasm in my left trapezius. Went through years of tests for an underlying cause and none was ever found. Last year when a doctor finally caught my low K, within a week after starting K supplements the spasm was almost gone. A few months ago, when I began getting tested for hyperaldosteronism, my doctor took me off of the supplements temporarily - and the muscle spasm came back when my serum K dropped. Went back on the K pills and guess what? Muscle spasm went away.That muscle spasm first showed up 8 years before I ever was diagnosed with HTN, and 16 years before I was diagnosed with low K.>> During early years of my HTN when my doc unaware of PA did not prescribe me enough K I used to have back muscle spasms. I categorized them to {none, moderate, severe} and discovered that spasms very much were related to my low K.> > This graph shows serum K (mmol/L) vs probability of developing {none, moderate, severe} back muscle spasms. (my personal case).> > Max.> 61M L adenoma NP59 Spiro=100, Amlo=10, Indap=2.5, Ramip=5, Metf=1000, Prav=40, Feno=67, K.cl=120 mEq> > > http://members.shaw.ca/studycircle/images/K-Spasm.png>

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To: hyperaldosteronism Cc: Clarence Grim Sent: Sun, February 6, 2011 10:41:29 PMSubject: 40y F, Post R adrenalectomy 12.15.10 Re: Re: Muscle Spasm due to Low K

I dunno who dunno is? oops I see it at the end of the note. Maybe we should be putting this in the subject

Need

Correction...when my K drops below 3.8...not 3.5.

Juli

Subject: Re: Re: Muscle Spasm due to Low KTo: hyperaldosteronism Date: Sunday, February 6, 2011, 6:03 PM

How interesting is it!!!!! My muscle spasm started when I was 25 and had it once-twice a year for 40 years before I had my terrible episodes with BP. I am still not diagnosed with PA. Potassium tests 11/09/10 11/05/10 11/04/10 11/03/10 11/02/10 11/01/10 10/31/10 10/30/10 3.9 3.5 3.6 3.9

3.4 3.5 3.7 3.9

To: hyperaldosteronism Sent: Sat, February 5, 2011 11:24:24 PMSubject: Re: Muscle Spasm due to Low K

Your mention of back muscle spasms is really interesting to me. Long before I was diagnosed with HTN or low K, I started getting a muscle spasm in my left trapezius. Went through years of tests for an underlying cause and none was ever found. Last year when a doctor finally caught my low K, within a week after starting K supplements the spasm was almost gone. A few months ago, when I began getting tested for hyperaldosteronism, my doctor took me off of the supplements temporarily - and the muscle spasm came back when my serum K dropped. Went back on the K pills and guess what? Muscle spasm went away.That muscle spasm first showed up 8 years before I ever was diagnosed with HTN, and 16 years before I was diagnosed with low K.>> During early years of my HTN when my doc unaware of PA did not prescribe me enough K I used to have back muscle spasms. I categorized them to {none, moderate, severe} and discovered that spasms very much were related to my low K.> > This graph shows serum K (mmol/L) vs probability of developing {none, moderate, severe} back muscle spasms. (my personal case).> > Max.> 61M L adenoma NP59 Spiro=100, Amlo=10, Indap=2.5, Ramip=5, Metf=1000, Prav=40, Feno=67, K.cl=120 mEq> > > http://members.shaw.ca/studycircle/images/K-Spasm.png>