Tip. 1  Most airlines allow you to check a car seat free of charge and do not count it toward your total allowed baggage. Check with your airline for clarification of their policy. 2  When traveling with certain airlines, your car seat will arrive with the rest of your luggage on the baggage carousel.
Potassium sparing diuretics help lower blood pressure. Potassium sparing is a phrase that typically describes a special class of diuretics, Drugs.com explains. Diuretics are medications that help your body eliminate excess water. Usually, diuretics cause your body to excrete large amounts of potassium. This can lead to deficient levels of potassium in the body.
Increased aldosterone stimulates sodium reabsorption and increases potassium and hydrogen ion excretion into the urine. There is a third class of diuretic that is referred to as potassium-sparing diuretics. Unlike loop and thiazide diuretics, some of these drugs do not act directly on sodium transport. Some drugs in this class antagonize the actions of aldosterone (aldosterone receptor antagonists) at the distal segment of the distal tubule.