What could be the cause behind low glucose and high potassium when found together?
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one possible cause could be Addison's disease or an adrenal crisis. This could be caused by adrenal failure due to a problem with the adrenal gland, which is a gland that sits on your kidneys. It makes a hormone called aldosterone and one called cortisol. The aldosterone keeps sodium in your body but it loses potassium, if there is not enough aldosterone you lose sodium and have too much potassium. If there is not enough cortisol then you can have low blood sugar in response to stress. A common cause is when someone is taking steroids for a long time and then stops taking them, this can cause the low glucose and high potassium. \n\nYou would expect the blood pressure to be low though if that was the case, but it might not be. \n\nThis is a pretty serious situation and you should go to the emergency room if you know someone with this combination. High potassium can be very dangerous as can low glucose.
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Hypoglycemia, also called low blood sugar, occurs when your blood glucose (blood sugar) level drops too low to provide enough energy for your body's activities.
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its obvious that the patient has renal failure possibly chronic variety of which causes are  numerous but you are asking the cause of raised Potassium(K+) levels and that is simple because the kidney is no longer to get rid of the right amount of potassium from the blood that it used to hence you will find more K+ in blood than normal.
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You need more potassium.\n\nCoach
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you may be loosing large amount of salt from the body by any form.You may need to have a blood test- serum electrolytes ,Renal fuction test. May be nothing serious.Second probelm is not a bad problem.
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ketoacidosis , which is high levels of ketones in the blood. The main causes of ketoacidosis are uncontrolled diabetes,starvation,and alcoholism. When there is not enough insulin to move glucose into cells. The body then looks for other forms of energy and uses fat as a fuel source. As fats are broken down, acids called ketones build up in the blood and urine. In high levels, ketones are poisonous to body tissue.\n\nThe diagnosis is often made in an urgent care center of an emergency department. A patient suspected of having ketoacidosis may have already had a urine test showing ketones in the urine, or a blood test showing low levels of bicarbonate, indicating acid in the blood.
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It is a metabolic product which ultimately derives from glucose. You may have had some high sugar food stuffs. Then again there is the occasional error.
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If you are a low carb dieter, you most likely were advised to take potassium supplements. This could happen for one or both of these reasons: \n\n1)you are, or want to be in, ketosis (an acidic condition associated with excessiveamounts of ketones in the blood) and ketosis is shown to cause potassiumdeficit; and/or\n\n2) you are dehydrated and dehydration is know to be accompanied with potassium loss.\n\nThere are other factors that can influence your potassium need. You may be experiencing one of these:\n\nadaptation to ketosis, which can lead to potassium conservation by the body. Studies have shown that after five weeks on a very low-carb diet (20g carbs a day) with adequate water intake, potassium concentration in the blood was normal. \ndecrease in food intake (due to decreased appetite),which can return potassium concentration in the blood back to normal. Clinical observation is that potassium concentration increases proportional with theincrease of the energy deficit when calories burnt exceed calories eaten. \nThere is no RDA for Potassium. \n\nOver-the-counter potassium supplements usually contain 99 milligrams per tablet. The average American diet provides two to six grams of potassium per day, so you see how little you can get actually get with these supplements. If you doctor advised you on prescription-strength potassium formula, then by all means, follow his or her recommendation.\n\nIf you have plenty of these foods and plenty of water, you're potassium intake is probably fine:\n\nFish, especially salmon, cod, flounder and sardines \nMeats \nVegetables, particularly broccoli, tomatoes, potato skins, spinach, lettuce and parsley \nFruits (you can have lemons, half of a tart green apple, or a quarter of a grapefruit on a low-carb diet) \nWatch for These Signs of Potassium Deficit!\n\nThe most common symptom of potassium deficit is fatigue; initial symptoms of potassium deficiency include slow reaction, muscle weakness and dry skin.\n\nBe especially attentive to the signs of potassium deficit if you are diabetic, pregnant or suffer from alcoholism.
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Glucose levels can go as high as 1200mg/dl\nThis happens when you have un-attended diabetes, undiagnosed diabetes or infection to a diabetic who is not using insulin correctly. \nTo make you understand how the blood sigar level reaches those heights I will  talk about 2 hyperglycemia (high sugar) states\n\n1. Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA)\nThis occurs mostly in people with type 1 diabetes. There is no insulin produced by the pancrease and so, the body start breaking down fats and proteins for energy. The end product of lipids metabolism is KETONES. Ketones accumlates in the blood and can be detected in the usrine and such patients have fruity breadth. This condition is a medical emergency and can lead to DEATH due to dehydration, lack of glucose in the cells, Electrolytes imbalance and ketones in the blood.\n\n2. HYPEROSMOLAR HYPERGLYCEMIC NON-KETOTIC SYNDROME\nIn this condition, the patient is producing some insulin that prevents the breakdown of fats to get energy but this insulin is not sifficient enough to prevent hyperglycemia.\nIn this condition, the blood sugars ranges anywhere between 600-1200mg/dl. It is only in this condition that you would find such high blood sugars. In DKA, blood sugard rarely go above 750mg/dl before the patient goes in a comma state or dies. Both of these conditions are medical emergencies.\n\nFrom Greg\nMedical student
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I would contact your family doctor.  I am hypoglycemic myself, but I also tend to have very low iron levels.  If you have been having sugar crashes, you need to get it checked out, and quickly.  They can lead to losses of concentration, black outs, migraines, impared vision, appearance of drunkeness, and the list goes on.  I don't want to worry you, but I want you to know that you really do need to contact your family doctor tomorrow morning.
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My guess would be that perhaps your Blood Glucose Level is a bit lower than usual. Try eating something high in protein and some complex carbs such as peanut butter on crackers and see if it doesn't help.Good Luck!
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All I know is that it has something to do with blood sugar and glucose.\n\nTry this site for more info:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes\n\nHope this helps! Good Luck!\n\n♥Kimmy♥
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among other things hypoglycemia.......(low blood sugar, from not eating enough , exercise too much , too much ensulin)......\n\nfrom links below--\nOther Causes of Hypoglycemia\n\nHypoglycemia in people who do not have diabetes is far less common than once believed. However, it can occur in some people under certain conditions such as early pregnancy, prolonged fasting, and long periods of strenuous exercise. People on beta blocker medications who exercise are at higher risk of hypoglycemia, and aspirin can induce hypoglycemia in some children. Drinking alcohol can cause blood sugar to drop in some sensitive individuals, and hypoglycemia has been well documented in chronic alcoholics and binge drinkers. Eating unripe ackee fruit from Jamaica is a rare cause of low blood sugar.\n\nSymptoms of mild low blood sugar usually develop when blood sugar falls below 60 to 65 mg/dL and may include:\n\nNausea. \nExtreme hunger. \nFeeling nervous or jittery. \nCold, clammy, wet skin; excessive sweating not caused by exercise. \nA rapid heartbeat (tachycardia). \nNumbness or tingling of the fingertips or lips. \nTrembling. \n\n\nFasting low blood sugar (hypoglycemia). This type occurs when you have not eaten for many hours, such as overnight. It is frequently associated with having too much insulin in the blood, some medications, alcohol use, hereditary problems with the metabolizing of carbohydrates, and other health conditions. \nNonfasting low blood sugar (also called reactive or postprandial hypoglycemia). This type develops within 3 to 4 hours after eating. It can be caused by hereditary enzyme deficiencies such as galactosemia or by surgery to remove all or part of the stomach. Sometimes the cause is unknown. Nonfasting hypoglycemia within 1 to 2 hours after a meal (alimentary hypoglycemia) can occur if stomach contents empty into the intestines too rapidly.
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Could it be something about the level of sugar in the products that caused your blood sugar to spike and then suddenly fall, which could produce a lethargic effect?
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my son's gymnastics coach is diabetic and i have wondered the same thing. someone told me when their sugar is low they can get upset easily but i haven't seen it anywhere in writing.
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When a persons blood sugar remains high over a period of time the body starts consuming fat stores for energy.  As this fat is consumed it produces ketone bodies to be released into the body.  The ph balance of the body is very critical.  As the body fat is burned and released into the blood system the ph balance of the body becomes very acidic so much as to be incompatible with life.  As the blood sugar rises so does the potassium level which is very critical to the functioning of the body also.
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Could be a lack of potassium.  Eat lots of bananas and take a multi vitamin