Definition. CO2 is carbon dioxide. This article discusses the laboratory test to measures the amount of carbon dioxide in the liquid part of your blood, called the serum. In the body, most of the CO2 is in the form of a substance called bicarbonate (HCO3-). Therefore, the CO2 blood test is really a measure of your blood bicarbonate level.
Potassium can cause stomach upset, nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, intestinal gas, and other side effects. Too much potassium is UNSAFE and can cause feelings of burning or tingling, generalized weakness, paralysis, listlessness, dizziness, mental confusion, low blood pressure, irregular heart rhythm, and death.
This ratio must be maintained in order to enable the proper functioning of cell membranes. 2. Potassium is influenced by factors such as insulin and epinephrine, which increase cellular uptake, and high total body potassium levels, which reduce cellular uptake. 3. Within the kidney, aldosterone stimulates the secretion of potassium and the reabsorption of sodium.