There are two types of babies with potassium deficiency: acquired nutritional deficiency and congenital hereditary. Clinical and pathology are divided into C external potassium deficiency and C internal potassium deficiency.

There are many reasons for the lack of potassium in the baby's acquired nutrition, such as frequent vomiting, diarrhea, excessive sweating and long-term gastrointestinal drainage, which increases the excretion of potassium from the digestive tract, thus causing the baby's potassium deficiency. Babynahrungszubereiter

The congenital hereditary type is difficult to treat, especially hereditary potassium deficiency, which requires scientific development and genetic modification treatment to be completely cured.

Symptoms of potassium deficiency in babies

Potassium is an indispensable element in the human body. The concentration of potassium in human serum is only 3.5-5.5mmol/L. Its role is mainly to maintain the normal function of nerves and muscles, maintain acid-base balance, participate in energy metabolism and maintain normal neuromuscular function. Therefore, once the human body is deficient in potassium, not only the energy and physical strength, but also the heat resistance ability will be reduced. What are the symptoms of potassium deficiency in babies? Specifically, they may have the following symptoms:

1. When there is a lack of potassium in the body, it will cause the baby's general weakness, fatigue, weakened heartbeat, dizziness, and severe potassium deficiency can also cause the baby's respiratory muscle paralysis and death.

2. Low potassium will slow down the baby's gastrointestinal motility, leading to intestinal paralysis, aggravating anorexia, nausea, vomiting, abdominal distension and other symptoms.

3. Fast heartbeat and irregular heart rate, muscle weakness, numbness, irritability, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, low blood pressure, confusion, and mental apathy.

The hazards of potassium deficiency in babies

What kind of harm does a baby's potassium deficiency cause?

Potassium deficiency can make babies lose appetite, nausea, and vomiting. In severe cases, they may have intestinal paralysis, diarrhea and intestinal obstruction.

Potassium is related to the maintenance of neuromuscular excitability. When the body lacks potassium, it can cause general fatigue, the muscles of the limbs are the most prominent, the tendon reflexes are slow or disappear, and paralysis can occur in severe cases. flaschenwärmer

Involvement of the respiratory muscles can cause slow breathing, and in severe cases can cause breathing difficulties or sudden arrest and death.

Severe potassium deficiency can cause damage to various tissues, of which the kidney and heart are the most severely damaged.

Potassium deficiency can cause arrhythmia due to increased myocardial excitement, and in severe cases can cause death due to ventricular fibrillation. In addition, it can also be manifested as fatigue, unresponsiveness, lethargy or irritability, and in severe cases there will be confusion and other phenomena.