what are the symptoms of low potassium?

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My sister wants to know what are the symptoms of having your potassium low..she thinks she does, but is not sure..so what are they?
Answers:
muscle spasms are a good indication. Have your thyroid checked. potassium is very important to thyroid function.

Other Answers:
cramping would be one.

the most common is muscular cramps.

If your sister truly thinks she has it, she better get it checked out soon. I'm sure you'll remember this controversy:

http://www.webmd.com/content/Article/102/106853.htm

The thing is, the woman got this way from very low potassium.

I have had low potassium. I used to get really bad muscle cramps in my calf muscle. I would call them charlie horses. Man it would hurt like crazy. What I did was bought some potassium pills and took them. But really all you have to do is eat bananas but I would see your doctor just in case

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