How to reduce pottassium in blood serum?!


Question: Simply drink extra water, only if your heart can handle it, ie you've not been diagnosed with congestive heart failure.
As a nurse, I used to stabilize bodies of patients who just died of brain death and were organ donors. If they had a nasogastric tube in I would put water in their stomaches and that would dilute their serum potassium. Distilled water would work quicker.


Answers: Simply drink extra water, only if your heart can handle it, ie you've not been diagnosed with congestive heart failure.
As a nurse, I used to stabilize bodies of patients who just died of brain death and were organ donors. If they had a nasogastric tube in I would put water in their stomaches and that would dilute their serum potassium. Distilled water would work quicker.

Take more fat avoid Petha, cucumber take proteins and less vegetables and fruits.Also take more sodium choloride.

If by serum you mean in the body, if you need to lower it quickly there are a number of diuretics which cause you to pee out potassium in your urine.

If you mean more chronically, then have a look at the link below.

Dr P

If you kidneys are normal they should take care of it. Otherwise medications include kayexalate, diuretics and albuterol inhalers. In emergency rooms calcium gluconate, sodium bicarbonate and insulin may be used.

sweating and voiding.

Eat less bananas, tomatoes, potatoes, & beans.





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