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How Can Low Potassium Levels Be Treated?

my daughter used to have a pretty face, 2 years ago or 3 years ago, but when she was repeatedly hospitalized due to pneumonia and low potassium as in severe low of potassium she was exhuberated now when after discharging she was so thin now and she hhad uneven jaw like always nosing.plss advice me what to do whether ssome sort of ecercise maybe theraphy or meds natural meds i dont know and how can we get rid of the damn potassium chloride Kl- or k lyte...or is there any substitute to k lyte intead of taking this as a maintenance pls? thank you very much for your prompt aattention doctors
Thu, 3 Aug 2017
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Ok, pneumonia causes diuresis. This can cause loss of potassium. When cigarettes and pneumonia are gone, then mostly the diuresis stops and the potassium comes back. A long hospitalization (on the breathing machine?) will cause loss of muscle mass and this is hard to get back. Regular meals that have a usual amount of protein, exercise, making sure the calories are not in the starvation range are about all that can be done. And, especially in women over age 30, it is hard to make new muscle.
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How Can Low Potassium Levels Be Treated?

Ok, pneumonia causes diuresis. This can cause loss of potassium. When cigarettes and pneumonia are gone, then mostly the diuresis stops and the potassium comes back. A long hospitalization (on the breathing machine?) will cause loss of muscle mass and this is hard to get back. Regular meals that have a usual amount of protein, exercise, making sure the calories are not in the starvation range are about all that can be done. And, especially in women over age 30, it is hard to make new muscle.