I Hate Dialysis Message Board
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
November 23, 2024, 02:39:37 AM

Login with username, password and session length
Search:     Advanced search
532606 Posts in 33561 Topics by 12678 Members
Latest Member: astrobridge
* Home Help Search Login Register
+  I Hate Dialysis Message Board
|-+  Dialysis Discussion
| |-+  Dialysis: General Discussion
| | |-+  High potassium symptoms		 0 Members and 2 Guests are viewing this topic. « previous next »
Pages: 1 [2] Go Down Print
Author Topic: High potassium symptoms  (Read 16653 times)
thegrammalady
Elite Member
*****
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 3788
« Reply #25 on: June 17, 2007, 06:06:47 PM »
Quote from: Amanda From OZ on June 17, 2007, 05:21:01 PM

Does anyone know if Soda / mineral water is high in potassium?? my dietitian said she didn't know...  :urcrazy;

if you mean club soda, then no - 12 ounces only has 7.1mg and no phos.
Logged
s
......................................................................................
If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame.

Lead me not into temptation, I can find it myself.

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning how to dance in the rain.

Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.

Meddle Not In The Affairs Of Dragons
For You Are Crunchy And Taste Good With Ketchup
Amanda From OZ
Elite Member
*****
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 1038
« Reply #26 on: June 17, 2007, 06:13:52 PM »
yup... i think thats the stuff... thanks!! in the back of the bottle its main ingredients was potassium bicarbonate... i was not 100% at how much it contained.
Logged
BigSteve
Full Member
***
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 289
« Reply #27 on: June 23, 2007, 11:07:05 AM »
Good thread everyone. I have been on a low potassium diet for about a year when
my level got to 6.3. There are certainly a large number of tasty foods on the high
potassium list, hard to eat sometimes. I never connected the muscle weakness with
high potassium, but some times my legs feel very "heavy". I don't know if this
is truly caused by the potassium or the lack of exercise.
Logged
"I yam what I yam what I yam." Popeye's immortal words.
"Getting and spending we lay waste our powers"
If it's too big to fail, it's too big to exist.
DialysisGoneFOREVER
Full Member
***
Offline Offline

Posts: 197
« Reply #28 on: July 09, 2013, 12:57:02 PM »
A rapid heartbeat like fibrilation can also be a symptom.
Logged
Raininggalaxies
Newbie
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 8
« Reply #29 on: July 10, 2013, 11:50:53 AM »
My grandma 2 days ago had readings of 6.7 and Said she didn't feel good. She went to the ER HIGH POTASSIUM and some damge of heart. He had to get surgery on her arm because it was clogged because of some draft or something. One guy got a box of cherries one day from a neighbor and ate about 3 ONLY. In an hour he felt symptoms of weakness and definetly no feeling in the legs at all. He went to the ER and found out his potassium was high at about 8.1 from just 3 CHERRIES. Crazy right ? :oops;
Logged
doberose
Newbie
*
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 20
« Reply #30 on: July 10, 2013, 12:43:54 PM »
I have high K and muscle weakness, but never related the two.
I try to check most of what I eat on the DaVita food analyzer, but have t remember even if Ieat a little bit. it all adds up.
Today I ate about 5 french fries from a lunch companions  selection.  Shouldn't have, but I did.

http://www.davita.com/food-analyzer/
Logged
doberose
Whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.
jstorm001
Newbie
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 5
« Reply #31 on: July 18, 2013, 09:28:56 PM »
My High  potassium  symptoms are... My heart will start beating very fast or irregular heartbeats  i really watch what i eat or drink that have  potassium in them . only thing high right now always is my phosphorus and i'm guilty i love my pepsi & coke main reasons its so high also pizza , pasta & cheese .
Logged
cassandra
Elite Member
*****
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 4974


When all else fails run in circles, shout loudly
« Reply #32 on: July 19, 2013, 12:58:27 AM »
Probably not, but it should specify that on the label (K +), cos some actually do.
Logged
I started out with nothing and I still have most of it left

1983 high proteinloss in urine, chemo, stroke,coma, dialysis
1984 double nephrectomy
1985 transplant from dad
1998 lost dads kidney, start PD
2003 peritineum burst, back to hemo
2012 start Nxstage home hemo
2020 start Gambro AK96

       still on waitinglist, still ok I think
Pages: 1 [2] Go Up Print 
« previous next »
 
Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP SMF 2.0.17 | SMF © 2019, Simple Machines | Terms and Policies Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!