Potassium

POTASSIUM

Functions

  • Intracellular
  • Relaxation of cardiac muscle
  • Carbohydrate and protein metabolism
  • Controls secretion of Hcl acid in gastric mucosa
  • Chief component of cell
  • Action of nerves / muscles

Potassium deficiency is not seen in animals

Experimental hypopotassemia in laboratory animals

  • Heart
    • Loss of striation
    • Necrosis
    • Infiltration by reticulo endothelial cells
    • Scarring
  • Muscle
    • Loss of muscular done
    • Flabbiness / weakness
    • Paralysis
    • Increased administration of desoxy cortisone leads to hypopotasemia
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