St. Lucia hotels offer dramatic scenery and are usually beachfront. While these don't have the privacy of a villa, they do come with a lot of perks, including concierge or hotel staff services, access to pools and beaches, and many have restaurants, shops, and bars as well, like Rendezvous on Malabar Beach.
Early signs are nausea, diarrhea, and muscle weakness. As potassium levels increase, marked cardiac changes are observed in the electrocardiogram. Treatment of severe hyperkalemia includes oral administration of Kayexalate (sodium polystyrene sulfonate) and IV administration of sodium bicarbonate, calcium salts, and dextrose.
1 High potassium, called hyperkalemia, causes similar symptoms. 2  Your potassium levels may be off without these extreme symptoms, however. 3  A 2008 study published in the journal Hypertension found that certain blood pressure drugs can result in low potassium levels, which in turn raises the risk of Type 2 diabetes.