Symptoms of hyperkalemia need to be known and identified in time.

Over the past twenty years, medicine has improved significantly, which significantly reduced the risk of cardiovascular disease, improve their treatment and reduce the mortality associated with these diseases. The quality of life of many people has become better through the use of special inhibitor drugs. But along with this, the number of undesirable effects from these procedures increased. One of them is hyperkalemia. Treatment of it must be done immediately and only under the supervision of a doctor, since severe forms of this state of the body can lead to very serious consequences.

It is inhibitors that affect the exchange of potassium and contribute to its retention in the body, leading to hyperkalemia. If, in addition, the food regime was not followed and the necessary monitoring was not carried out, the picture becomes very bright. Symptoms of hyperkalemia are particularly rapid in patients in old age, patients with neoplasm, renal failure, or other systemic diseases. Against the background of other diseases, with severe burns and injuries, as well as major surgeries, increased potassium intake begins. Symptoms of hyperkalemia are manifested in paresthesia of limbs, confusion of consciousness and apathy. A similar condition can occur with both traumatic and infectious toxicosis, and with acidosis, cellular hypohydration, hyponatremia, hemolysis and insufficiency of the adrenal cortex.

Symptoms of hyperkalemia are often expressed by severe pain in the abdomen, due to the paresis of its smooth muscles, the onset of nausea and confusion. Various conditions, accompanied by dehydration of the body, to which adrenogenital syndrome refers and renal failure, also lead to a delay in potassium. A similar condition can occur not only in adults, but also in children. Symptoms of hyperkalemia are similar in all cases. In particularly difficult situations, there may be a disruption in the functioning of the heart muscle, which manifests itself in the muffling of cardiac tones, arrhythmia, bradycardia, until the onset of collapse of blood vessels.

Therefore, to prevent various types of relapses, an emergency correction is simply necessary. As soon as there is a suspicion that the patient has hyperkalemia, treatment should begin with the immediate cessation of the introduction of potassium into the body. Moreover, not only in the form of various medications, but also nutrition. These are inhibitors, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, p-blockers, potassium-sparing diuretics and other medications with a similar effect. The source of potassium in the diet is primarily wheat bran, yeast, broccoli, leek, sea kale, red pepper, potatoes, bananas, soybeans, nuts and dried fruits. Do not forget that a healthy person should consume not more than two grams of potassium per day. And its content in the body should not exceed an amount of one hundred and fifty, a maximum of three hundred grams. Most often, this treatment is enough. In emergency cases, with worsening of the patient's condition, more active therapy is used. Its essence lies in the rapid withdrawal from the body of surplus potassium by applying the necessary drugs, appointed only by a specialist. Apply calcium gluconate, sodium hydrogen carbonate, dextrose, diuretics and hemodialysis.

After emergency help to the patient, it is necessary to establish the exact cause of hyperkalaemia and take all the necessary long-term measures to reduce and maintain a normal level of potassium in the body. The doctor will definitely appoint the appropriate diet and offer to pass the necessary tests. Especially to protect yourself need to people in old age, people with diabetes, as well as people with impaired function of cardiac and renal function.