Yu gɛt smɔl potashɔm? (Hypokalemia) Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dis!

Yu jɔs de fil taya ɛn yu taya? Ɔ yu kin gɛt mɔsul dɛn kramp ɛn yu an ɛn fut dɛn kin swɛ? Wan pan di rizin dɛn we mek dis kin bi bikɔs yu nɔ gɛt wan minral we dɛn kɔl potashɔm na yu blɔd. Insay mɛrɛsin, wi kin kɔl dis kɔndishɔn haypokalemia. Nɔ wɔri, wi go tɔk bɔt am jɔs tide.

Wetin mek potashɔm impɔtant to wi?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, potashɔm impɔtant fɔ mek wi bɔdi in sɛl dɛn, mɔsul dɛn, ɛn nerv dɛn wok fayn, jɔs lɛk aw motoka nid ɔyl.

• di mכsul dεm we de wok: Potashכm de εp di mכsul dεm fכ muv wi an, waka, εn rכn.
• transpכt nεv mεsej dεm: Potashכm implεnt fכ di nerv sistεm, we de kכri mεsej frכm di bren כlsay na di bכdi.
• Fɔ mek wi at gɛt wɛlbɔdi: Potassium rili impɔtant fɔ wi at sɛl dɛn. I de ɛp fɔ mek di at kɔntinyu fɔ rit di rayt we.
• I de kɔntrol blɔd prɛshɔn : Potassium de ɛp bak fɔ kɔntrol di blɔd prɛshɔn we nɔ nid fɔ go ɔp.

So wetin mek dis potashɔm nɔ bɔku?

Bɔku rizin kin de we mek di potashɔm lɛvɛl na di bɔdi kin smɔl. Sɔntɛnde, di prɔblɛm nɔto di it we wi de it, bɔt na di tru tin se tumɔs potashɔm de lɔs na di bɔdi.

Wetin na di men rizin?

Bɔku tɛm, di men tin we kin mek dis apin na sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn. Ɛspɛshali mɛrɛsin fɔ at sik , ay blɔd prɛshɔn, ɛn mɛrɛsin we de ridyus di wata we de na di bɔdi, i.e. diuretics , kin mek di potashɔm we pasmak kɔmɔt na di urine.

Wetin na di ɔda rizin dɛn?

• Fɔ vɔmit ɔ dayarɛa ɔltɛm : We bɔku wata de lɔs na di bɔdi dis we, valyu minral dɛm lɛk potashɔm kin lɔs bak.
• Yuz sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn we de mek yu bɔdi nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ trɛnk ɔltɛm.
• di lכw magnεsium lεvεl na di bכdi.
• Fɔ drink rɔm pasmak.
• Fɔ swet pasmak : Dis sik kin apin to pipul dɛm wae de du ɛksɛsayz pasmak ɔr de wok na say wae wam.
• Fɔlik asid we nɔ de.
• Sɔm kayn antibayɔtik dɛn .
• ShugaDayabitik Ketoacidosis, na wan kɔmplikeshɔn we gɛt fɔ du wit dis.
• Malnutrishɔn.
• Sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ mɛn asma .

pan tap dat, di rare kes dεm fכ kidni sik , sכm it dεm we dεn de it, εn sik dεm we gεt כmon (e.g. Cushing’s syndrome) kin mek dεn potashכm lεvεl dεm dכn dכn bak.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm we pɔsin kin gɛt we i nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ potashɔm?

Di sayn dɛm fɔ lכw potashכm de dipכnt pan aw mכch de lכs εn aw lכng di kכndyushכn dɔn de. I pɔsibul fɔ gɛt lɔw lɛvɛl we yu nɔ sho ɛni sayn.

Aw fɔ fɛn dis?

Fɔ no dis, yu dɔktɔ go du wan rili simpul tin. Dɛn go tek smɔl pan yu blɔd ɛn du tɛst. Dis go mek yu no di rayt potashɔm we de na yu blɔd.

• Lɛvɛl we gɛt wɛlbɔdi: .nכmal wan, di potashכm lεvεl na big man in bכdi fכ de bitwin 3.5 mmol/L εn 5.5 mmol/L.
• Low potassium (Hypokalemia): If yu lɛvɛl nɔ rich 3.5 mmol/L, dat min se yu gɛt dis sik.
• wan lεvεl we de dכn 2.5 mmol/L dεn kin kכnsidr am as siriכs kכndyushכn.

Dɔn, di dɔktɔ go aks yu kwɛstyɔn dɛn fɔ no wetin mek i dɔn go dɔŋ. Dɛn go aks yu if yu jɔs dɔn gɛt vɔmit ɔ dayarɛa, us mɛrɛsin yu de tek, ɛn if yu gɛt ɛni ɔda sik. Dɛn kin ɔda bak fɔ mek dɛn du tɛst fɔ yu urine. If dɛn tink se chenj de na yu at rit, dɛn kin ɔda bak fɔ mek dɛn du EKG (ilɛktrokardiogram) tɛst.

Aw dɛn kin trit am?

Di tritmɛnt dipen pan aw yu potashɔm lɛvɛl smɔl.

• Fɔ smɔl kes dɛm: Bɔku tɛm, if dis nɔr siriɔs, yu dɔktɔ go gi yu potashɔm sɔpɔtmɛnt fɔ tek.
• Trit di Kɔz: If na mɛrɛsin lɛk diuretics, yu dɔktɔ kin stɔp da mɛrɛsin de ɛn chenj yu to ɔda mɛrɛsin. Nɔ ɛva stɔp fɔ tek ɛni mɛrɛsin we yu nɔ aks yu dɔktɔ fɔs.
• Fɔ siriɔs kes dɛm: Bɔt if yu potashɔm lɛvɛl rili smɔl ɛn yu at nɔ de bit ɔltɛm (ari ritmia), yu kin nid fɔ go na ɔspitul ɛn gi yu potashɔm tru IV . Dis fɔ bi na ɔspitul, ɔnda dɔktɔ in sɔpɔtishɔn, bikɔs di ay potashɔm lɛvɛl kin bi denja.

Wetin dɛn kin du fɔ avɔyd dis kayn tin?

• If yu gɛt dayarɛa ɔ yu de vɔmit, drink bɔku wata lɛk wata ɛn brot. If dis sik kɔntinyu fɔ pas wan ɔ tu dez, go to dɔktɔ.
• Nɔ drink rɔm pasmak.
• It di it we gɛt bɔku potashɔm.

I rili fayn fɔ ad it dɛn lɛk dis, we gɛt bɔku potashɔm, to wi it.

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