potassium deficiency
Findings
No curated finding names potassium deficiency yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A condition due to decreased dietary intake of potassium, as in starvation or failure to administer in intravenous solutions, or to gastrointestinal loss in diarrhea, chronic laxative abuse, vomiting, gastric suction, or bowel diversion. Severe potassium deficiency may produce muscular weakness and lead to paralysis and respiratory failure. Muscular malfunction may result in hypoventilation, paralytic ileus, hypotension, muscle twitches, tetany, and rhabomyolysis. Nephropathy from potassium deficit impairs the concentrating mechanism, producing polyuria and decreased maximal urinary concentrating ability with secondary polydipsia. (Merck Manual, 16th ed)
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0006919), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
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