Back Pain Due to Low K

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Perfect diagnosis. By trial and error I also came to the conclusion that low K was causing my back pain and did some probability analysis but when I showed my doc my analysis he laughed and did not agree that low K was causing my back pain. Now that Dr. Grim is mentioned that, I remembered the analysis and here is my results (thanks Dr. Grim):

Probability of back pain (Severe, Moderate, None) vs. serum potassium concentration (K)

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Probability of back pain (Severe, Moderate, None) vs. serum potassium concentration (K)

As I noticed, for K>4 mmol/L I did not have severe or moderate back pains.

Max.

| Re: Spasm in back|||My guess is that low K was involved as well||Tiped sad Send form mi|iPhone ;-)||May your pressure be low!||CE Grim MD|Specializing in Difficult|Hypertension||||> I had such a pain so bad that when in bed it hit me I could not turn|> to get|> off bed for 15 minutes, and when it hit me while walking I had to |> move such|> that my back is straight and had to walk like robots!.|>|> I used to think it was muscle spasm but after x-ray and tests doc|> found out|> to be osteoarthritis and pain was due to contact of bla bla with |> nerves! At|> that same time I was diagnosed with HTN and placed on medication. |> After a|> while on HTN medication my sudden back pains also subsided and I |> have not|> have them for 10 years now. I am sure what happened to |> osteoarthritis. Maybe|> still is there waiting to hit when I expect least!|>|> But anyhow, it was not muscle spasm at all.|>|> Max.|>|>|> |I'm getting this at the moment feels like its a spasm, on my left|> |upper/mid lack. Its just been coming on in waves. Just stopped now.|> ||> |sometimes I also get a fluttering spasm in my neck and|under my chest|> ||> |------------------------------------