hypokalemia definition
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hypokalemia Definition. 1  Hypokalemia is a condition of below normal levels of potassium in the blood serum. 2  Hypokalemia can result from two general causes: either from an overall depletion in the body's potassium or from excessive uptake of potassium by muscle from surrounding fluids.
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"Meaning of ""bradykinesia"" in the English dictionary" Hypokinesia refers to decreased bodily movement. One of the two categories of movement disorders, hypokinesia is characterized by a partial or complete loss of muscle movement due to a disruption in the basal ganglia. Patients with hypokinetic disorders like Parkinson's disease experience muscle rigidity and an inability to produce movement. It is also associated with mental health disorders and prolonged inactivity due to illness, amongst other diseases.
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Hypovolemia Hypovolemia thus refers to a decreased volume of blood in the body. Now since you know its meaning, it is sure to raise your interest in this obscure condition. You will find it easier here to know how hypovolemia occurs, how it can be understood, its treatment and what happens if it is not treated at the right time.
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- 1 Hypokalemia, or decreased potassium, can arise due to kidney diseases; excessive losses due to heavy sweating, vomiting, diarrhea, eating disorders, certain medications, or other causes.  Increased sodium (hypernatremia) in the blood occurs whenever there is excess sodium in relation to water.
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- Definition of hypovolemia in US English - a decreased volume of circulating blood in the body.
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"Meaning of ""bradykinesia"" in the English dictionary" Hypokinesia refers to decreased bodily movement. One of the two categories of movement disorders, hypokinesia is characterized by a partial or complete loss of muscle movement due to a disruption in the basal ganglia. Patients with hypokinetic disorders like Parkinson's disease experience muscle rigidity and an inability to produce movement. It is also associated with mental health disorders and prolonged inactivity due to illness, amongst other diseases. The other category of movement disorder
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Hypoxia (medical) Hypoxia (medical) Hypoxia is a condition in which the body or a region of the body is deprived of adequate oxygen supply at the tissue level. Hypoxia may be classified as either generalized, affecting the whole body, or local, affecting a region of the body.
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What is Hypokalemia? Hypokalemia is the medical term for lower-than-normal potassium in the body. It has a variety of causes, and often appears as a side effect to illness that involves severe fluid loss.
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Hypokalemia Hypokalemia; Synonyms: Hypopotassaemia, hypopotassemia: An ECG in a person with a potassium level of 1.1 meq/l showing the classical changes of ST segment depression, inverted T waves, large U waves, and a slightly prolonged PR interval: Specialty: Critical care medicine: Symptoms: Feeling tired, leg cramps, weakness, constipation, abnormal heart rhythm
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Hypokalemia Typically, this is a consequence of diarrhea, excessive perspiration, or losses associated with muscle-crush injury, or surgical procedures. Vomiting can also cause hypokalemia, although not much potassium is lost from the vomitus.
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Electrolytes Hypokalemia: Low blood potassium. Potassium is the major positive ion (cation) found inside of cells. The chemical notation for potassium is K + . The proper level of potassium is essential for normal cell function. An abnormal decrease (or increase) of potassium can profoundly affect the nervous system and heart, and when extreme, can be fatal. The normal blood potassium level is 3.5 - 5.0 milliEquivalents/liter (mEq/L), or in international units, 3.5 - 5.0 millimoles/liter (mmol/L). See also: Potassium balance.
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- Medical Definition of Hypomagnesemia. Hypomagnesemia: Low magnesium in the blood, which can occur due to inadequate intake or impaired intestinal absorption of magnesium. calcium (hypocalcemia) and low potassium (hypokalemia).
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- Medical Definition of Hypoalbuminemia. Hypoalbuminemia: An abnormally low blood level of albumin. Normally, albumin is the most plentiful protein in human blood and the key to the regulation of its osmotic pressure. Last Editorial Review: 6/9/2016.
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Hypokalemic periodic paralysis Hypokalemic periodic paralysis is a condition that causes episodes of extreme muscle weakness typically beginning in childhood or adolescence. Most often, these episodes involve a temporary inability to move muscles in the arms and legs. Attacks cause severe weakness or paralysis that usually lasts from hours to days.
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hypokalemia Other commons causes of hypokalemia are excessive diarrhea or vomiting. Diarrhea and vomiting can be produced by infections of the gastrointestinal tract. Due to a variety of organisms, including bacteria, protozoa, and viruses, diarrhea is a major world health problem.
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Hypokalemia Mild hypokalemia is often without symptoms, although it may cause a small elevation of blood pressure, and can occasionally provoke the development of an abnormal heart rhythm.
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- Hypokalemia sometimes occurs with or is caused by a low level of magnesium in the blood (hypomagnesemia). Hypokalemia is rarely caused by consuming too little potassium because many foods (such as beans, dark leafy greens, potatoes, fish, and bananas) contain potassium. Cause.
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Hypokalemic periodic paralysis Hypokalemic periodic paralysis. (Redirected from Familial Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis) Hypokalemic periodic paralysis (hypoKPP) is a rare, autosomal dominant channelopathy characterized by muscle weakness or paralysis with a matching fall in potassium levels in the blood (primarily due to defect in a voltage-gated calcium channel).
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Hypokalemia Perhaps the most obvious cause is insufficient consumption of potassium (that is, a low-potassium diet) or starvation. However, without excessive potassium loss from the body, this is a rare cause of hypokalemia. Usually only seen in anorexia nervosa patients and people on a ketogenic diet.
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Symptoms of Low Potassium Levels: Are You Low in Potassium? Hypokalemia. The most important use of potassium is to treat the symptoms of hypokalemia (low potassium), which include weakness, lack of energy, muscle cramps, stomach disturbances, an irregular heartbeat, and an abnormal EKG (electrocardiogram, a test that measures heart function).
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Hyperkalemia (High Potassium) What is hyperkalemia? Hyperkalemia is a higher than normal level of potassium in the blood. Although mild cases may not produce symptoms and may be easy to treat, severe cases of hyperkalemia that are left untreated can lead to fatal cardiac arrhythmias, which are abnormal heart rhythms. Am I at risk for hyperkalemia?
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Hypoxemia Definition [edit]. Hypoxemia refers to low oxygen in the blood, and the more general term hypoxia is an abnormally low oxygen content in any tissue or organ, or the body as a whole. Hypoxemia can cause hypoxia (hypoxemic hypoxia), but hypoxia can also occur via other mechanisms, such as anemia.
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symptom hyperkalemia - higher than normal levels of potassium in the circulating blood; associated with kidney failure or sometimes with the use of diuretic drugs symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
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Potassium Disorders: Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia Hypokalemia and hyperkalemia are common electrolyte disorders caused by changes in potassium intake, altered excretion, or transcellular shifts. Diuretic use and gastrointestinal losses are common causes of hypokalemia, whereas kidney disease, hyperglycemia, and medication use are common causes of hyperkalemia. When severe, potassium disorders can lead to life-threatening cardiac conduction disturbances and neuromuscular dysfunction.