Re: blood tests - potassium

[Guest guest]

Hi Satya,

Thank you for that link. I had not used that one before. I appreciate you

bringing it to our attention.

Hope you are doing well!

In a message dated 2/3/2005 9:33:27 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,

dbltrouble2003@... writes:

http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/

[Guest guest]

Hi Satya,

Thank you for that link. I had not used that one before. I appreciate you

bringing it to our attention.

Hope you are doing well!

In a message dated 2/3/2005 9:33:27 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,

dbltrouble2003@... writes:

http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/

[Guest guest]

The normal range you cite is for " normal " people. People with chronic kidney

disease (chronic renal insufficiency, really) tend to adapt to a higher

level of potassium over time. So, " normal " for them is more like 3.5 to 5.5.

They might not worry too much until it goes to 6, even. If you have only

mild renal insufficiency and your potassium is high, then, I would bet my

right arm that it's elevated because of ACE inhibitor or ARB treatment.

I've never had symptoms from elevated potassium, but I sure have from

potassium that was too low. Skipped heartbeats all over the place. I've

often had potassium that was too low, even when I had advanced renal failure

just weeks before starting dialysis. The diuretic furosemide did that. On

dialysis, it's very easy to have potassium that's too low if you don't eat

the right amount of it (since dialysis lowers it down to below 4.0).

Pierre

Re: blood tests

>

> Thanks - the web site helps alot - it is a much more concise list

than

> the one I had found earlier - the other one just gave me kinds of foods

that

> were high, medium and low in potassium - this one was much more

informative.

> I go in today to have another blood test done - so we'll see what this one

> says.

>

> The levels I found showed that normal was 3.5-5.0 is that what you

know?

> I can't remember what I ate last Wednesday. I guess I need to start

writing

> it down.

>

> Deb

>

[Guest guest]

I forgot to add in my previous post about potassium (K) ...

There are some conditions that can cause K to shoot up. One is internal

bleeding (such as from the stomach, which can happen sometimes), and another

is excessively long and intense exercise. In the latter case, your decreased

kidney function just can't handle the extra potassium load that comes from

muscles being used.

Pierre

[Guest guest]

First-glad to have you back Pierre! I was away on vacation while you

had your little misadventure! Hope you are doing good now.

I too got the panic call recently from my neph when my Potassium shot

up to 6.7. It turns out that my Potassium had always been on the edge

4.5-5.2 but I had had a couple of glasses of orange juice and a couple

of helpings of enriched unbleached wheat bread - all very high in

Potassium - the previous day before the blood test. I have now been

asked to watch what I eat.

I noticed that recently posted a link to the USDA's site which

lists Potassium foods. Another resource on the same USDA site allows

you to search via keywords AND helping size. You can download it to

your PDA even. I have found it very helpful:

http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/

One of the problems I face though is that we eat a lot of Indian

vegetables and spices which do not have their Potassium content listed

on the USDA site. I have had to troll the Internet and it is quite

sparse.

On another note:

Actually, I have often been frustrated by the Yahoo Group's search

facility - I have often tried to search certain keywords on Pierre's

(and the other key members ,Cy etc) postings and have noted that

the search only seems to apply to the current month - whereas I wanted

to search prior years as well. Whenever I read their postings, I feel

like I ought to backup many of them - the details are amazing for the

level of relevancy & experience.

Cheers,

-Satya

> I forgot to add in my previous post about potassium (K) ...

>

> There are some conditions that can cause K to shoot up. One is

internal

> bleeding (such as from the stomach, which can happen sometimes), and

another

> is excessively long and intense exercise. In the latter case, your

decreased

> kidney function just can't handle the extra potassium load that

comes from

> muscles being used.

>

> Pierre

[Guest guest]

First-glad to have you back Pierre! I was away on vacation while you

had your little misadventure! Hope you are doing good now.

I too got the panic call recently from my neph when my Potassium shot

up to 6.7. It turns out that my Potassium had always been on the edge

4.5-5.2 but I had had a couple of glasses of orange juice and a couple

of helpings of enriched unbleached wheat bread - all very high in

Potassium - the previous day before the blood test. I have now been

asked to watch what I eat.

I noticed that recently posted a link to the USDA's site which

lists Potassium foods. Another resource on the same USDA site allows

you to search via keywords AND helping size. You can download it to

your PDA even. I have found it very helpful:

http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/

One of the problems I face though is that we eat a lot of Indian

vegetables and spices which do not have their Potassium content listed

on the USDA site. I have had to troll the Internet and it is quite

sparse.

On another note:

Actually, I have often been frustrated by the Yahoo Group's search

facility - I have often tried to search certain keywords on Pierre's

(and the other key members ,Cy etc) postings and have noted that

the search only seems to apply to the current month - whereas I wanted

to search prior years as well. Whenever I read their postings, I feel

like I ought to backup many of them - the details are amazing for the

level of relevancy & experience.

Cheers,

-Satya

> I forgot to add in my previous post about potassium (K) ...

>

> There are some conditions that can cause K to shoot up. One is

internal

> bleeding (such as from the stomach, which can happen sometimes), and

another

> is excessively long and intense exercise. In the latter case, your

decreased

> kidney function just can't handle the extra potassium load that

comes from

> muscles being used.

>

> Pierre

[Guest guest]

First-glad to have you back Pierre! I was away on vacation while you

had your little misadventure! Hope you are doing good now.

I too got the panic call recently from my neph when my Potassium shot

up to 6.7. It turns out that my Potassium had always been on the edge

4.5-5.2 but I had had a couple of glasses of orange juice and a couple

of helpings of enriched unbleached wheat bread - all very high in

Potassium - the previous day before the blood test. I have now been

asked to watch what I eat.

I noticed that recently posted a link to the USDA's site which

lists Potassium foods. Another resource on the same USDA site allows

you to search via keywords AND helping size. You can download it to

your PDA even. I have found it very helpful:

http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/

One of the problems I face though is that we eat a lot of Indian

vegetables and spices which do not have their Potassium content listed

on the USDA site. I have had to troll the Internet and it is quite

sparse.

On another note:

Actually, I have often been frustrated by the Yahoo Group's search

facility - I have often tried to search certain keywords on Pierre's

(and the other key members ,Cy etc) postings and have noted that

the search only seems to apply to the current month - whereas I wanted

to search prior years as well. Whenever I read their postings, I feel

like I ought to backup many of them - the details are amazing for the

level of relevancy & experience.

Cheers,

-Satya

> I forgot to add in my previous post about potassium (K) ...

>

> There are some conditions that can cause K to shoot up. One is

internal

> bleeding (such as from the stomach, which can happen sometimes), and

another

> is excessively long and intense exercise. In the latter case, your

decreased

> kidney function just can't handle the extra potassium load that

comes from

> muscles being used.

>

> Pierre

[Guest guest]

Hi Satya

I think the search function for Yahoo Groups messages is limited to a

certain amount of memory. Old posts disappear as new ones are posted. That's

unfortunate, as there is a lot of good stuff in past messages. We don't mind

repeating ourselves though :-)

Pierre

Re: blood tests - potassium

>

>

>

> First-glad to have you back Pierre! I was away on vacation while you

> had your little misadventure! Hope you are doing good now.

>

> I too got the panic call recently from my neph when my Potassium shot

> up to 6.7. It turns out that my Potassium had always been on the edge

> 4.5-5.2 but I had had a couple of glasses of orange juice and a couple

> of helpings of enriched unbleached wheat bread - all very high in

> Potassium - the previous day before the blood test. I have now been

> asked to watch what I eat.

>

> I noticed that recently posted a link to the USDA's site which

> lists Potassium foods. Another resource on the same USDA site allows

> you to search via keywords AND helping size. You can download it to

> your PDA even. I have found it very helpful:

> http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/

>

> One of the problems I face though is that we eat a lot of Indian

> vegetables and spices which do not have their Potassium content listed

> on the USDA site. I have had to troll the Internet and it is quite

> sparse.

>

> On another note:

> Actually, I have often been frustrated by the Yahoo Group's search

> facility - I have often tried to search certain keywords on Pierre's

> (and the other key members ,Cy etc) postings and have noted that

> the search only seems to apply to the current month - whereas I wanted

> to search prior years as well. Whenever I read their postings, I feel

> like I ought to backup many of them - the details are amazing for the

> level of relevancy & experience.

>

> Cheers,

> -Satya

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hello,

May not be easy to transistion....but I think the new google groups

will surely have better search facility and will be great benefit in

forums like these where past postings (and knowledge) can be

preserved and read.

Regards,

Bhanu

> Hi Satya

>

> I think the search function for Yahoo Groups messages is limited to

a

> certain amount of memory. Old posts disappear as new ones are

posted. That's

> unfortunate, as there is a lot of good stuff in past messages. We

don't mind

> repeating ourselves though :-)

> Pierre

>

> Re: blood tests - potassium

>

>

> >

> >

> >

> > First-glad to have you back Pierre! I was away on vacation while

you

> > had your little misadventure! Hope you are doing good now.

> >

> > I too got the panic call recently from my neph when my Potassium

shot

> > up to 6.7. It turns out that my Potassium had always been on the

edge

> > 4.5-5.2 but I had had a couple of glasses of orange juice and a

couple

> > of helpings of enriched unbleached wheat bread - all very high in

> > Potassium - the previous day before the blood test. I have now

been

> > asked to watch what I eat.

> >

> > I noticed that recently posted a link to the USDA's site

which

> > lists Potassium foods. Another resource on the same USDA site

allows

> > you to search via keywords AND helping size. You can download it

to

> > your PDA even. I have found it very helpful:

> > http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/

> >

> > One of the problems I face though is that we eat a lot of Indian

> > vegetables and spices which do not have their Potassium content

listed

> > on the USDA site. I have had to troll the Internet and it is quite

> > sparse.

> >

> > On another note:

> > Actually, I have often been frustrated by the Yahoo Group's search

> > facility - I have often tried to search certain keywords on

Pierre's

> > (and the other key members ,Cy etc) postings and have noted

that

> > the search only seems to apply to the current month - whereas I

wanted

> > to search prior years as well. Whenever I read their postings, I

feel

> > like I ought to backup many of them - the details are amazing for

the

> > level of relevancy & experience.

> >

> > Cheers,

> > -Satya

> >

> >