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Potassium Chloride - why my blood test showed that my potassium is low (3.15)mmo1/L, can I know what
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- 14 May 2010 by penglaw2009
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- potassium chloride, blood disorders
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suzanne6616 May 2010
Low potassium (hypokalemia) has many causes. The most common cause of low potassium is excessive potassium loss in urine or from the digestive tract.
This may be caused by:
Certain diuretics — water pills
Diarrhea
Eating disorders
Excessive use of laxatives
Chronic kidney failure
Primary aldosteronism
Vomiting
Rarely, low potassium is due to not getting enough potassium in your diet.
For more information see: http://www.drugs.com/enc/hypokalemia.html
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