I had have seizures due to a closed-head injury. One time as a fever started, I had a seizure, after that my chest started to hurt. The ambulance took me and was admitted with a kidney infection and low potassium.

My daughter was 10 months old when she was diagnosed with low potassium. She was having an asthma attack and got very lethargic, to the point that I had trouble carrying her. We went to the ER and they ran several tests. Soon after the blood test, doctors and nurses were running in and out of her room with machines and IVs. It was such a scare that no one would tell us what was going on. After the IV was started and other tests performed we were told that her potassium was severely low at 1.8

Very poor intake of food caused my low potassium.

I have had low potassium for years. It was discovered with a blood test. I take prescription potassium pills for it. I have always been active and tried to eat healthy.

I went into hospital for asthma following bad reflux due to my small stomach which I have from a gastric bypass 15 years ago. While I was there, the staff did an ECG and picked up the low potassium.

I went to the emergency room for my migraine, ended up finding out that my potassium level was very low, so now I take potassium pills three times a day. It's nothing to mess around with.

I am a Crohn's patient. I have had low potassium many times. Recently I went to get my tonsils out and was almost not able to, due to low potassium. The doctor said I had a block in my heart and surgery could stop my heart. I did get my tonsils out and my potassium is still very low. I am always tired and have fainted a couple times in the last year. I've had Crohn's for over 20 years.

I recently had a sinus infection. The doc gave me a steroid shot and put me on prednisone along with antibiotics. Shortly thereafter, I began getting leg cramps. I learned that steroids can lower your potassium levels so I started eating foods high in potassium. The cramps didn't stop. Then I discovered that some antibiotics can lower your magnesium level. You need magnesium in order to utilize any potassium you consume so I began taking magnesium supplements. The cramps stopped for a few days but as soon as I returned to my normal diet, the cramps came back. I am now off the meds, returned to my magnesium supplements and am eating foods high in potassium again. I am hoping that this will help and that the cramps will soon stop.

The cause of my low potassium is Bartter's syndrome. I have Crohn's disease also and its difficult to stomach a lot of potassium supplement due to stomach upset.

A blood test found my results.

I found out that eating gluten was a huge factor in my low potassium. Now that I eat gluten free I have normal potassium levels.

The cause of my low K+ is because I hardly eat. Not because I am anorexic, but because I don't have an appetite. I lost a significant amount of weight through strict dieting. I was a walking heart attack waiting to happen. My triglyceride level was 500 and my cholesterol was 364. Heart disease, Hypertension, Diabetes, CHF, and several other diseases run in my immediate family. I was always what is considered morbidly obese. I was 215 pounds at my heaviest. I am 5'6". Was always a yoyo dieter and would lose weight but put it back on + some. But after MUCH determination, I started a strict diet. I am now 120 pounds and feel so much better. My triglyceride level is now 54 and cholesterol is 134. My K+ was 3.3 and it was causing lightheadedness, muscle cramps, and fatigue. I will now be adding more bananas to my diet!!