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Potassium deficiency symptoms

Include muscle weakness and excessive sweating
Potassium deficiency symptoms: Potassium is needed in normal growth enzyme reactions, and regulates water balance in the body. It helps the synthesis of muscle, and sends oxygen to the brain. Most potassium, which is a mineral, is in the intracellular fluid. There are several potassium deficiency symptoms.

Potassium deficiency symptoms are:

Rapid irregular heartbeat
Muscle weakness
Tingling in the fingers
Nausea
Low blood pressure

Also, if there is too much sodium in the body compared with potassium, a form of potassium deficiency which can lead to high blood pressure may develop.

2003 Go Publish Health

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Still wondering.
Hammesfahr definitely said that potassium wasn't the issue and there was NO heart attack.
Couple of q's for the MD's here. Is there a difference between heart attack and cardiac arrest? Can either condition be determined by blood tests hours/days later? Would potassium levels remain low hours after a heart attack or cardiac arrest? If low K can cause cardiac arrest, what about the converse---can cardiac arrest cause low K? If they determined at the hospital that Terri had both a cardiac arrest AND low K, how did they know which came first?

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Thanks for the info.

BTW, I wasn't aware until recently that the primary basis for the law suit and $1.5 million award in this case was associated with Terri's potassium deficiency.

Basically, it was because here doctor(s) had not had blood tests performed during her ongoing care (she was trying to get pregant, and seeing doctors for assistance in that regard). The allegation was that her (by then known - i.e. before the suit was filed) potassium deficiency would have shown up in a simple routine blood test; corrective actions could have been taken, and all this avoided.

Those who say she had no such potassium deficiency must not realize that the doctor(s) being sued and their insurance company(ies) would never have been saddled with a $1.5 million award if she not had a potassium deficiency.

But, I recognize that (in those zealots minds) facts like this don't offset their opinions/mid reading/etc.