How low does your potassium level have to be to cause death?
Thursday, June 17th, 2010 at
3:17 PM
Over the weekend I ended up in the hospital with a level of 2.7 and they said that was extremely low and if it went much lower I could have died.. I’m just curious to know how mch lower.. thanks
Filed under: Low Potassium
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The heart cell needs Na Cl and K to "trigger" the heart beat.
The potential difference between the OUTSIDE of the cell and the INSIDE is supposed to be 0.003volts.
When this potential is reached, the heart cell "twitches" and the heart beat is produced.
If your ‘electrolytes’ are low - I do not know the exact amount - the there’s no "potential" in the battery…you have no heart beat.
This can happens because of dehydration, dieting, sickness, etc
Normal level is 3.5 to 5 though I don’t have any idea about fatal level.
Anyway, it’s good you’re alright now. I wish you live a long life.