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I will be trying to increase my potassium, just wondering what symptoms I should watch out for if I have taken too much?
thanks!
Too much potassium in your blood can affect how your heart works. Symptoms of hyperkalemia can include:
Complications of Hyperkalemia
- Abnormal heart rhythm -- arrhythmia -- that can be life-threatening
- Slow heart rate
- Weakness
Hyperkalemia is a common cause of life-threatening heart rhythm changes, or cardiac arrhythmias. It can lead to an emergency condition called ventricular fibrillation. In this condition, the lower parts of your heart flutter rapidly instead of pumping blood.
Untreated, an extremely high amount of potassium in your blood can make your heart stop beating, causing death.