Re: Dr. Grim's Perfect Primary Aldosteronism Blood and Urine Testing

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Probably but has not been studied well. Low blood K suppresses also production. So high K intake should help. On the other hand if K is high it increases also production. some have conjectured that the purpose of also is to protect against high K after eating a high meat meal. May your pressure be low!CE Grim MS, MDSpecializing in DifficultHypertension

Will this be as effective if you are taking large doses of K to offset the negative effects of consuming all the Na?

Dr. Grim's Perfect Primary Aldosteronism Blood and Urine Testing to diagnose PA in one day.

1. Eat a high salt diet for 2 weeks-at least 4000 mg of Na a day.

2. No BP meds in last 4-12 weeks depending on meds and Drs advice.

3. Collect 24 hr urine for Na, K and creatinine and aldosterone. Do not lose a drop of this liquid gold. It is impossible to interpret the renin and aldo without this.

4. The morning you finish the 24 hr urine have fasting blood drawn for renin, aldo and K using our guidelines to get an accurate K. Try to get this done about 1-4 hours after you have been out of bed.

5. Send us the results with the normal values for your lab.

6. If you ever have a salt (saline) infusion test for PA be certain to ask them to measure how much you pee during the 4 hours of the infusion. If it is 1-1.5 liter of urine it strongly suggests that you may have PA. If more tha 1.5 L you almost certainly have PA. I call this Dr. Grim's "Quick Pee Test" for PA.