Increased serum potassium is known as hyperkalemia. Potassium is essential in the body for muscle control to regulate heartbeat and breathing. The potassium that is not used by the body is excreted by the kidney. When the kidney functioning is not normal, potassium is not excreted, and this causes a rise in serum potassium. Symptoms include palpitations, shortness of breath, chest pain, etc.
Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Yes, serum potassium of 5.5 mEq is a bit high. The usual range of serum potassium is 3.5 to 5 mEq/L. Although 5.
Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Your father's potassium and creatinine levels are high. The breathlessness may be because of pulmonary edema.
Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Do you have any symptoms like cough, weight loss or an underlying disease? Do you drink a lot of milk? Calcium is borderline elevated.
Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Yes, glucose or glucose water does reduce potassium levels and that could have given the normal results next day.
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