| Subject: Re: Serum potassium levels and Soda Water |
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Beth
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Date Posted: 19:01:45 09/09/06 Sat
In reply to:
's message, "Serum potassium levels and Soda Water" on 01:13:28 09/01/06 Fri
I think I remember someone posting about this on one of the online groups a while back. It's something to look out for. I think you might be right about what caused the high potassium levels. Hope they go back down now for you!
>Hi everybody.
>I suffer from severe chronic renal failure (GFR of
>27ml/min) and am now experiencing problems with my
>serum potassium levels (6.1) while 4 months ago I had
>no such problem. Because such reading was apparently
>unexpected, my nephrologist told me that the more
>plausible explanation for the fact was that the extra
>potassium must have resulted from a break down of the
>cells contained in the sample tube.
>However I believe that it must have been derived from
>the soda water which I started drinking in copious
>amounts (perhaps more than 1 L a day) some 3 months
>ago. I base my guess in the fact that some brands of
>the stuff have potassium bicarbonate added to the
>water.
>Is there any body in position to pass any comment on
>this matter?
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