Some of the known conditions that can cause excessive sweating are: Menopause - The hot flushes that accompany the menopausal transition can occur at night or day and cause sweating. This is a very common cause of night sweats in women around the time of menopause.
Physiology of Potassium Handling. Potassium (K+) is the most abundant cation in the body. About 90% of total body potassium is intracellular and 10% is in extracellular fluid, of which less than 1% is composed of plasma.
Hyperkalemia is abnormally high potassium levels in the extracellular (i.e. outside) fluid. This is in contrast to hypokalemia, which is an abnormally low level of potassium. To remember the difference between the prefixes hyper- and hypo-, visualize a hyper child that has had too much sugar.