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What Causes High Level Of Potassium In The Blood?
My family doctor called and told me that my blood work came back and that my potassium level was high and that she wants me to go to the hospital to have blood taken at the lab there cause she will get the test back faster. What can make my potassium high and what can i do to make it go low.
Thu, 4 Sep 2014
Hello, Thnx to contact us. If I am your treating doctor I would like to advice you that having high pottasium is termed as hyperkalemia. There are many causes of hyperkalemia like: drug, addisons disease. excessive intake, redistribution of electrolyte, diabetic ketoacidosis. Because of lack of history in your question I am not able to answer the exact cause of your disease. In treatment part you should not take pottasium sparing drug, avoid food rich in pottasium, use resins which absorbs the pottasium from circulation, in severe cases there is requirement of dialysis. If you have anything else to ask please contact me. Thanx. Dr. Arun Tank
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