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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Diabetes / March 2008Potassium levels
Anybody know the recommended limits of Potassium in blood tests? If I remember correctly it is.....3.5 -5.0...... At the time I was experiencing low potassium...sometimes as low as 2.3-2.4...I was always asked if I was having any chest pains at that point......I was taking 6-7 K-Dur a day. They finally found an adrenal tumor and removed the gland....I now have "Normal" levels :) Anybody know the recommended limits of Potassium in blood tests? >If I remember correctly it is.....3.5 -5.0...... At the time I was >experiencing low potassium...sometimes as low as 2.3-2.4...I was always [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Anybody know the recommended limits of Potassium in blood tests? I think it is best to go to a search tool like MSN and enter potassium levels. Then look at hits and read for a while. I know I need more than a level, but the background information I get so many different numbers from the many blood tests. ----== Posted via Pronews.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.pronews.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! >100,000 Newsgroups ---= - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- Thanks Jacquie, My latest was 4.2 without a reference range given. Potassium is important in heart health since it carries the electrical charge in the heart beat. Lisinopril can cause an increase in Potassiummy resulting in palpitations. When I started on Lisinopril about six or seven years ago I had a raise level of K and several blood tests but it lowered itself. 4.2 might be creeping up again so I will see about changing the Lisinopril possibly - After checking my potassium levels since dx in 1992. > If I remember correctly it is.....3.5 -5.0...... At the time I was > experiencing low potassium...sometimes as low as 2.3-2.4...I was always [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Anybody know the recommended limits of Potassium in blood tests? On 3/27/08 6:19 PM, in article rIXGj.27139$%N1.938@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net, > Anybody know the recommended limits of Potassium in blood tests? The range shown on my lab reports shows 3.5 to 5.0 mmol/L Hope this helps.  SignatureMartha T2 Canada 1500mg. Metformin, 4mg. Avandia Thanks Martha. > Thanks Martha. 3.5-5.0 is our reference range for adults. <=3.0 and >=. 6.5 are considered "critical" results and must be repeated and phoned to the ordering floor/ doc. Reference range slightly higher for infants, and specimens which are hemolysed ( difficult veinupuncture resulting in red cell destruction) will falsely elevate the results as the level of K inside the red cell is much higher. >Anybody know the recommended limits of Potassium in blood tests? http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/potassium/glance.html http://www.labtestsonline.org.uk/understanding/analytes/potassium/glance.html Strange, those are the two sites I find most useful but they *don't" give the reference ranges for potassium Everyone else has nailed it according to the other sources I also found, 3.5 - 5 so you're "normal" what does your calcium look like? > Anybody know the recommended limits of Potassium in blood tests? My lab sends a copy to their patients as well as their docs. Looking at my last one it shows a reference range of 3.5 - 5.5 mmol/L. HTH. SignatureT2 - Oct. '96 - Lantus, oral meds, diet http://www.lockergnome.com/darksentinel Undo the munge to reply by email > Anybody know the recommended limits of Potassium in blood tests? I just had some blood work done. The reference range for potassium that is shown on the lab report I received is 3,5-5.3 mmol/L. (Some readings have different reference ranges in different laboratories. I don't know if that is true of potassium, or not.) MaryL
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