what causes your body to lose potassium?
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Medication, especially diuretics.
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Levels of potassium within the cells is much higher than the extra cellular tissues. A burn victim has a lot of tissue damage. When this tissue becomes damaged, the cells have been lysed and spill this additional potassium into the blood stream. The kidneys will pick up on this increase in extra cellular potassium (because that is what they are able to monitor) and will actively pump this potassium out of their body trying to bring them back to homeostasis. Hope this helps. Thanks.
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Potassium always helped me.. you need to eat bananas :D
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i think so probably because of the high potassium
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You need more potassium.\n\nCoach
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For potassium pills you will need to see a Doctor, which is always a good idea.\n\n  Eating Bananna's helps too.  Google Potassium sometime, it will help you find all the natural sources.\n\n  But leg cramps are not Always caused by low potassium, and too much potassium can be a problem as well, so my first advice is still best.\n\n  Talk to a Doctor.
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excess potassium is excreted in your urine.  don't worry about eating too many bananas.
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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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An imbalance of the other major blood chemicals which are calcium, sodium and potassium.  If your potassium level is too low, your magnesium level can be elevated.  Potassium is available in potatoes and bananas.  Calcium is in milk and cheese and the small bones in tiny fish like sardines and anchovies.  Sodium is in salt.  They work together in your body and an imbalance in one can effect the absorption or elimination of the others.
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I am not an expert, but try vitamins. More potassium especially. Maybe try wearing better shoes with some support.
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High Potassium Foods\n\n\nFruits Vegetables Other \n      \nApricot Artichokes Bran/bran products \nAvocado Beans, dried Coffee(limit 2 cups/day) \nBanana Broccoli  Chocolate \nCantalope Brussel Sprouts Coconut \nCasaba Celery Granola \nDates Escarole Ice Cream (1cup/day) \nDried fruits Greens(chard, collard ) Molasses \nFigs Kale Milk (1 cup/day) \nHoneydew Kohlrabi Nuts/seeds \nMango Lentils Orange flavored pop \nNectarine Legumes Salt substitute/lite salt \nOrange Lima Beans Snuff/chewing tobacco \nPapaya Mushrooms Tea (2 cups/day \nPrunes Parsnips   \nRaisins Potatoes   \nRhubarb Salt-free vegetable juice   \nJuice of these fruits Tomatoes   \nPineapple juice
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It has been my experience that they are caused by dehydration and/or a need for potassium.. Try drinking fluids and eat some banannas which is a good source of potassium.
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Its a cramp caused by lack of potassium\nSolution: Eat bananas. They are full of potassium
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When muscles are stimulated, sodium flows into muscle cells & then potassium flows out. The muscle cell then has a pump (called the Na+-K+ ATPase) that is in charge of pumping the sodium back out of the cell and the potassium back in. During heavy exercise, this pump cannot keep up - so too much potassium ends up outside the cell. This is hyperkalemia.
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Minerals (eg - sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium) that regulate bodily functions. Small amounts are lost in sweat and need to be replaced through the use of energy drinks like Cytomax.\nIf you have been vomiting a lot you will lose a lot of your electrolytes. Sometimes in hospitals, you see people on Potassium 'drips' which put Potassium and other electrolytes straight into their bloodstream...
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if you eat a lot of salty food, then you are more likely to retain water. salt retains water. Water retention, medically known as edema, can be caused by a number of factors, from normal shifts in body fluid to excess dietary sodium and diseases such as heart or kidney disease.
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It can be due to dehydration or low potassium levels.\nKeep well hydrated and take potassium supplements or eat bananas.