Re: Re: Sodium Overload Symptoms and Connection to PHA

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SS salt sensitivity of BP. ie when salt is eaten inexcess Bp goes up. As salt intake goes down BP GOES DOWN. Tiped sad Send form miiPhone ;-)May your pressure be low!CE Grim MDSpecializing in DifficultHypertension

What is SS? Is there info on the site about how to draw K? Also any outline of specific information you need in the thumbnail?

Thanks so much, Callie

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> > My potassium level has been well controlled on 50 mg spiro for over 2 years. In addition to taking the Rx, I also am careful to consume high amounts of potassium in my diet.

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> > But about a year ago I started having episodes of some of the same symptoms I had when my K was low. Not all the symptoms--but some. Chest pressure, fuzzy thinking, weakness, fatigue, ears popping, easily off-balance, very unpleasant altered consciousness (don't really know how to describe the feeling in my head), and anxiety associated with these symptoms. Most of the time, these symptoms came after a meal.

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> > I went twice to the ER with this, thinking my K was low. But when tested, my K level was fine both times. The ER gave me xanax and sent me home. My doctor wanted to up my spiro, but since my K level was fine, I resisted.

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> > Last month, I had a very bad episode and was finally able to connect it to having eaten something with an extremely high sodium content a few hours before. So, for four weeks, I have been very careful to keep my sodium consumption low and WOW! not one episode! I am feeling great.

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> > When tested at my regular office visits, my sodium has been normal. However, I don't think they tested for Na in the ER when I was actually having the episodes.

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> > Please comment. In your experience, do people with PHA have a decreased tolerance for excess Na in the diet? Is having a normal K level only half the equation?

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> > Thanks so much for your time on this board and your continuing help.

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> > There is hope for feeling normal again.

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> > Callie

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