What are the symptoms of chronic potassium deficiency

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Potassium is an essential trace element for human body. Since it is a necessary substance for our body, once the lack of this substance will cause a series of reactions, today we will go into the world of trace element potassium, and have a serious understanding of potassium. Let's talk about the symptoms of chronic potassium deficiency.

What are the symptoms of chronic potassium deficiency

Symptom 1: what role does potassium play in the human body? Potassium exists in cells and mainly works with extracellular sodium. Its two functions are to maintain the balance of osmotic pressure of cells, stimulate muscles to work normally and participate in the absorption and metabolism of sugar. It is an important trace element to maintain normal body.

Symptom 2: what are the symptoms of potassium deficiency? As I said just now, potassium mainly works with sodium to maintain the osmotic pressure balance of cells, so as to maintain the blood pressure. If the body lacks potassium, it will cause abnormal blood pressure, difficulty for muscles to work normally, and difficulty in absorbing and metabolizing sugar in the blood.

Symptom 3: in clinical manifestations, generally there will be too fast heartbeat, muscle activity seems to be inadequate, some patients will have nausea, dizziness symptoms, in addition, long-term lack of potassium, may cause certain damage to the heart, heart damage often leads to the death of patients, so we should pay attention to.

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In general, in the daily diet, potassium can be well supplemented, lack of potassium appears more likely to occur in long-term fasting to lose weight friends. Foods rich in potassium include dairy products, fruits, beans, etc.