Guest guest Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 Hi and Amy, My deepest apology. I stand corrected. I did some research on the Internet and here is what I found: Hyperkalemia Symptoms & Signs Hyperkalemia is often asymptomatic. Occasionally, the following signs or symptoms may be seen: * _Nausea_ (http://health.allrefer.com/health/weakness-info.html) * _Irregular heartbeat_ (http://health.allrefer.com/health/heartbeat-sensations-info.html) (this may be an emergency symptom if prolonged or severe) * Slow, weak, or absent pulse (emergency symptom) I am so sorry I was not aware of nausea being a symptom of high potassium. I have long struggled with potassium and that has never been mentioned as a symptom nor have I experienced that particular symptom, but that is no excuse for me not doing my homework before responding:-) Sorry! In a message dated 2/18/2005 9:01:07 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, kb3@... writes: Hi Amy, A while back I was queasy so regularly I thought I was pregnant. At my next neph appt it turned out that my potassium was up and I was told the queasiness could be related. After taking the binder, the queasiness went away. With all respect to , who is undoubtedly more knowledgeable than I am, perhaps high potassium affects some people differently. B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 Dear Amy, When was the last time you reduced your prednisone dose and how long did it take you to adjust to the new dose? When you're tapering prednisone at below 10mg, there are all kinds of side effects. One of them is persistent nausea, which I am also going through- after tapering by only 0.5 mg!!! Just a thought. Tapering prednisone can be very uncomfortable. The first time I tapered off of it, I still had these symptoms for a few months after being off of it completely. Please let us know what your GP says... Best wishes, -Elisabeth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 Hi Amy, A while back I was queasy so regularly I thought I was pregnant. At my next neph appt it turned out that my potassium was up and I was told the queasiness could be related. After taking the binder, the queasiness went away. With all respect to , who is undoubtedly more knowledgeable than I am, perhaps high potassium affects some people differently. B. > Dear Amy, > > When was the last time you reduced your prednisone dose and how long did it take you to adjust to the new dose? > When you're tapering prednisone at below 10mg, there are all kinds of side effects. One of them is persistent nausea, which I am also going through- after tapering by only 0.5 mg!!! > > Just a thought. Tapering prednisone can be very uncomfortable. The first time I tapered off of it, I still had these symptoms for a few months after being off of it completely. > > Please let us know what your GP says... > > Best wishes, > > -Elisabeth > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 Elisabeth, Looking back on my records the nausea started in bad when I dropped from 7.5mg pred to 5mg pred daily back in July. After a few months I was pushed back up from 5mg to 10mg daily due to my labs getting worse and my proteinurea increasing. I'm now on my second taper since my dose was increased in Sept (I was also started on Nexium 40mg in Sept when my dose was increased due to the nausea). I went from 10mg in Sept to 7.5mg in Nov to 5mg on Jan 27th. So it could be related to the pred wean... I do have a past history of ulcers so to be safe my GP is sending me to a GI doc just to get checked out. Both my GP and neph felt that the Nexium should be helping with the pred caused nausea. It's gotten so bad in the past 2 weeks it wakes me up at night. I don't vomit, I'm just queasy as all get out. They ran a renal panel with additional tests for magnesium and phosphorus today...I should have the results back Monday. Thanks for letting me know that you had this problem too...if they don't find anything it can be one more thing we blame on the pred. :-) Amy G. Re: Amy- nausea Dear Amy, When was the last time you reduced your prednisone dose and how long did it take you to adjust to the new dose? When you're tapering prednisone at below 10mg, there are all kinds of side effects. One of them is persistent nausea, which I am also going through- after tapering by only 0.5 mg!!! Just a thought. Tapering prednisone can be very uncomfortable. The first time I tapered off of it, I still had these symptoms for a few months after being off of it completely. Please let us know what your GP says... Best wishes, -Elisabeth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 There are so many things that can cause nausea when you have chronic renal insufficiency that it's almost impossible to tell. One thing you can tell is that you can't depend on any symptoms at all when it comes to elevated potassium. Pierre Re: Amy- nausea > > > Hi and Amy, > > My deepest apology. I stand corrected. I did some research on the Internet > and here is what I found: > > Hyperkalemia Symptoms & Signs > Hyperkalemia is often asymptomatic. Occasionally, the following signs or > symptoms may be seen: > * _Nausea_ (http://health.allrefer.com/health/weakness-info.html) > * _Irregular heartbeat_ > (http://health.allrefer.com/health/heartbeat-sensations-info.html) (this may be an emergency symptom if prolonged or > severe) > * Slow, weak, or absent pulse (emergency symptom) > I am so sorry I was not aware of nausea being a symptom of high potassium. > I have long struggled with potassium and that has never been mentioned as a > symptom nor have I experienced that particular symptom, but that is no excuse > for me not doing my homework before responding:-) > > Sorry! > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 Thanks guys! My GP ran a renal panel with additional magnesium and phosphorus tests today so we should know if it's high potassium or high phosphorus by Monday at the latest. He also referred me to a GI doctor just to be sure there isn't anything more going on....I have a past history of ulcers. I woke up queasy today and it still hasn't gone away even after a Tums and some breakfast.....grrrrrr.... I think this is payback for not having morning sickness with any of my pregnancies. :-) Amy G. Re: Amy- nausea Hi and Amy, My deepest apology. I stand corrected. I did some research on the Internet and here is what I found: Hyperkalemia Symptoms & Signs Hyperkalemia is often asymptomatic. Occasionally, the following signs or symptoms may be seen: * _Nausea_ (http://health.allrefer.com/health/weakness-info.html) * _Irregular heartbeat_ (http://health.allrefer.com/health/heartbeat-sensations-info.html) (this may be an emergency symptom if prolonged or severe) * Slow, weak, or absent pulse (emergency symptom) I am so sorry I was not aware of nausea being a symptom of high potassium. I have long struggled with potassium and that has never been mentioned as a symptom nor have I experienced that particular symptom, but that is no excuse for me not doing my homework before responding:-) Sorry! In a message dated 2/18/2005 9:01:07 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, kb3@... writes: Hi Amy, A while back I was queasy so regularly I thought I was pregnant. At my next neph appt it turned out that my potassium was up and I was told the queasiness could be related. After taking the binder, the queasiness went away. With all respect to , who is undoubtedly more knowledgeable than I am, perhaps high potassium affects some people differently. B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 Amy: I just wanted to say that I am so sorry that you are having such problems with nausea right now. Take care, and I'll keep you in my thoughts and prayers. , mom to Rob, 15 On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 11:29:43 -0700 " Amy Griswold " writes: Elisabeth, Looking back on my records the nausea started in bad when I dropped from 7.5mg pred to 5mg pred daily back in July. After a few months I was pushed back up from 5mg to 10mg daily due to my labs getting worse and my proteinurea increasing. I'm now on my second taper since my dose was increased in Sept (I was also started on Nexium 40mg in Sept when my dose was increased due to the nausea). I went from 10mg in Sept to 7.5mg in Nov to 5mg on Jan 27th. So it could be related to the pred wean... I do have a past history of ulcers so to be safe my GP is sending me to a GI doc just to get checked out. Both my GP and neph felt that the Nexium should be helping with the pred caused nausea. It's gotten so bad in the past 2 weeks it wakes me up at night. I don't vomit, I'm just queasy as all get out. They ran a renal panel with additional tests for magnesium and phosphorus today...I should have the results back Monday. Thanks for letting me know that you had this problem too...if they don't find anything it can be one more thing we blame on the pred. :-) Amy G. Re: Amy- nausea Dear Amy, When was the last time you reduced your prednisone dose and how long did it take you to adjust to the new dose? When you're tapering prednisone at below 10mg, there are all kinds of side effects. One of them is persistent nausea, which I am also going through- after tapering by only 0.5 mg!!! Just a thought. Tapering prednisone can be very uncomfortable. The first time I tapered off of it, I still had these symptoms for a few months after being off of it completely. Please let us know what your GP says... Best wishes, -Elisabeth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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