Differential diagnosis of hypokalemia are :
-hypokalemic periodic paralysis
-trauma / via epinephrine
-beta adrenergic agonists
-alkalosis
-insulin excess
-congenital abnormality of steroid metabolism
-renin producing tumour
-European licorice
-Cushing’s syndrome
-renovascular or malignant hypertension
-secondary hyperaldosteronism ( heart failure, dehydration )
-primary hyperaldosteronism
-salt losing enteropathy
-diuretics ( furosemide or thiazides)
-carbenicillin
-penicillin
-unreabsorbable anion
-metabolic alkalosis
-interstitial nephritis
-Fanconi’s syndrome
-Liddle’s syndrome
-Bartter’s syndrome
-villous adenoma
-Zollinger Ellison Syndrome
-hypokalemic periodic paralysis
-trauma / via epinephrine
-beta adrenergic agonists
-alkalosis
-insulin excess
-congenital abnormality of steroid metabolism
-renin producing tumour
-European licorice
-Cushing’s syndrome
-renovascular or malignant hypertension
-secondary hyperaldosteronism ( heart failure, dehydration )
-primary hyperaldosteronism
-salt losing enteropathy
-diuretics ( furosemide or thiazides)
-carbenicillin
-penicillin
-unreabsorbable anion
-metabolic alkalosis
-interstitial nephritis
-Fanconi’s syndrome
-Liddle’s syndrome
-Bartter’s syndrome
-villous adenoma
-Zollinger Ellison Syndrome