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Question by ryanandheatherare: What can high potassium levels in blood work mean in a child? Only symtoms are constipation and hurting when?
he goes. Is there anything it could be that is not serious? Most websites are saying kidneys and Hyperkalemia. Is there anything else this could be? Just worried and waiting on results

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Answer by John de Witt
True hyperkalemia is quite dangerous, but the vast majority of times, when it’s reported on a sample, it’s the fault of the sample and doesn’t really reflect a true hyperkalemia in the person.
Yet another of the hundred reasons it’s stupid and wrong for people to get their reports in advance of the doctor getting them.
If you’re interested in the details, the concentration of potassium inside the cells is about 35 times greater than it is in the serum. Any problems in drawing the sample, even using a too-small needle, can cause enough minor damage to the vein or to the red blood cells to cause a leak of potassium from the intracellular space into the serum, giving a high level in the test tube that doesn’t reflect the level in the cirulating blood.

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he goes. Is there anything it could be that is not serious? Most websites are saying kidneys and Hyperkalemia. Is there anything else this could be? Just worried and waiting on results

I am 13 and I got blood work. My doctor told me my iron levels are low.
They aren’t that low but it’s because I don’t eat enough liver and all that stuff.
I think I had it for a while now cause I have a lot of the symptoms. Some of these symptoms explain my whole life.
Night time leg cramps, its 1:42 AM and I have a sleeping disorder, I have to sleep earlier in order to stay asleep all night but I woke up with the night time leg cramps I’ve been having since I was really little.
Another symptom is trouble swallowing. I have that and it’s really not my fault… my parents and people don’t understand. I can’t take my iron pills because of that and it’s not my fault I’ve really tried too.
So if I ignore it all, and not take my pills because I CAN’T, And I’m not using the liquid stuff cause my doctor told me not too, what’s the worst that could happen?
I’m only young so I don’t know any of this stuff
Below I got all the symptoms of it, There’s a * by the ones I have or have had
Depression *
Fatigue *
Listlessness, weakness, decreased work productivity *
Impaired learning and cognitive function *
ADD and ADHD type behavioral disturbances *
Developmental delay in infants and young children (I’m not sure what this is lol)
Poor memory
Decreased attention span and increased distractibility *
Impaired reactivity and coordination (Don’t know what this is)
Irritability *
Dizziness *
Appetite loss
Cravings for non foods such as ice, dirt or clay * (I EAT ICE LIKE CRAZY! it was worse before I even had to get an ice maker. I can’t even explain how much ice I use to have when I had that thing… Maybe like a thousand a day D: no lie)
Constipation *
Difficulty swallowing (because low iron may cause a thin membrane to grow across the esophagus) *
Joint soreness *
Night time leg cramps * (since a child)
Asthma (not really but my parents thought i’d have it… but i’d say no I just have short breath thats it)
Sores on skin, or itching
Poor wound healing
Can cause excessive menstrual bleeding * (been a problem since I was 9… I’ve been going to the doctors for this problem for a while now)
Hair loss (LOW IRON IS A FREQUENTLY OVERLOOKED CAUSE OF HAIR LOSS)
Headaches* (I have been going to the doctors a lot for this, before I knew I had low iron levels)
Sore or burning tongue
Soreness in corners of the mouth *
Brittle, flat, or spoon shaped nails
Longitudinal ridges on nails
Heart palpitations on exertion (I don’t know about this one but I may have just a small heart problem … I don’t know if it would be this so I’m sticking with no)
Shortness of breath *
Cold extremities, with decreased resistance to cold and poor regulation of body temperature *
Tendency to recurrent infections
Chronic bladder infections
Anemia (hypo chromic, microcytic) paleness, weakness, drowsiness, fatigue *
Numbness & tingling *
Night sweats *
Fragile bones
Growth impairment in children
Eye soreness *
Vague gastrointestinal symptoms: belching, gas, nausea *
Vitiligo (light blotches on the skin)
Swelling in the ankles
Bluish tint to the whites of the eyes
Visual disturbances (I can’t explain it but I’m not sure about this one)
Papilledema (swelling inside the eye)
So yeah the ones I said I’m not sure about can you explain what they are, and in the add details I’ll put if I might have it or not…
Sorry if I sound like everything’s wrong with me, I don’t mean it like that at all.