Guest guest Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 >My neighbor has high potassium as per her blood tests and her doctor >has expressed some concern although no solutions.Any thoughts on how she should address this? or what the problem might be? Thank you in advance for your feedback. vsp Hi , I would want to know if these are serum levels or rbc levels, i.e. is he measuring the potassium in the cells or in the serum of her blood? I'm not an expert by any means but had an interesting experience viz potassium: my serum levels were always normal but when I finally had an rbc reading, my doctor told me she was amazed I wasn't dead!! no hyperbole. I guess they were so low. When I began supplementing with potassium, the changes in my health were truly enormous, i.e. went off all thyroid meds, end of depression/anxiety, lots more energy, etc. All my rbc levels were very low so I also increased magnesium also to great effect. So, I think it is importnat for her to know which test is being done in order to determine the correct remedy. Also, how are her other mineral levels? Also are her sodium levels normal? How about her aldosterone and cortisol? I ask because in my (limited) experience, sodium and the hormones could be adrenal issues,and I guess I'm thinking that the sodium and potassium are in relation to each other, right? On the other hand, is she taking diuretics or any other medication which might effect her potassium? Also, does she tend to eat tons of potassium-rich foods? HTH, Dahlia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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