Major psychiatric symptoms of Alzheimer's disease include hallucinations and delusions, which usually occur in the middle stage of dementia, according to the Alzheimer's Foundation of America. About 40 percent of dementia patients experience delusions, while hallucinations occur in about 25 percent of cases.
Healthy adults and adolescents over 14 should get approximately 4700 mg of potassium per day. Lactating women are encouraged to increase that amount to approximately 5100 mg per day. Daily potassium recommendations drop under the age of 14. Itâs 4500 mg per day from ages nine to 13, 3800 mg from four to eight, 3000 mg from one to three, 700 mg from six months to one year, and 400 mg from birth to six month.
Dosage of potassium supplements usually expressed as mEq of potassium.a. Normal adult daily potassium requirement and usual dietary intake of potassium is 40â80 mEq; infants may require 2â3 mEq/kg or 40 mEq/m2 daily.a. Dosage must be carefully individualized according to the patientâs requirements and response.a c.