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Re:Anti-Salt Narrative Needs a Shakeup by wool_gather on Sunday June 17, 2018 @10:26AM (#17332489)
On the other hand, _low_ potassium can also cause heart problems. You just can't win!
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Re:Anti-Salt Narrative Needs a Shakeup by Herodotus38 on Sunday June 17, 2018 @12:08PM (#17332945)
That's true as well, fortunately(?) it's much harder to get to cardiac issues with hypokalemia than hyperkalemia (most commonly I see it in anorexics).

Most causes of low potassium are side effects of medications, or short term losses from diarrhea or vomiting. There are some people with genetic causes of excess urinary potassium losses but it's pretty uncommon.

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