CLINICAL NUTRITION
Clinical nutrition is an important tool in the field of preventive medicine, being one of the most effective mechanisms to avoid the appearance of diseases due to an inadequate diet.
Also on some occasions, it is used as part of a treatment, since food plays an important role in health, in the prevention and improvement of the development of alterations and diseases that the human body can suffer.
Potassium (K) balance disturbances
Hypokalemia is a condition in which blood potassium levels appear below normal values. The balanced balance of potassium must be maintained at the correct level for the maintenance of life.
Potassium reserves in the body can vary depending on weight, age, sex and muscle mass, but a balance between potassium gains and losses is always necessary to ensure adequate nerve transmission, including muscle contraction. of the heart, kidney function, carbohydrate and protein metabolism, etc.
Manifestations can be neuromuscular, cardiac, renal, central nervous system, and metabolic.