Lipemia itself does not affect the safety of a blood product. Lipemia, if excessive, might interfere with our ability to perform. infectious disease testing. When excessive lipemia interferes with testing, all components are discarded at MVRBC.
Low Potassium Symptoms. Usually symptoms of low potassium are mild. At times the effects of low potassium can be vague. There may be more than one symptom involving the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, kidneys, muscles, heart, and nerves. Abnormal psychological behavior: depression, psychosis, delirium, confusion, or hallucinations.
When a person has hypokalemia, which is low potassium, this can result in foot cramps because potassium is one of the primary molecules in our body that controls how the muscles work. Potassium levels can drop if you are taking water pills (diuretics), from over-exercising as well as other factors.