Being able to chat with other residents becomes an important part of many peoples' lives and Cedar Cove Assisted Living offers common spaces indoors to support that need. The benefit of living in an assisted living community is that making meals can be costly and time consuming process so Cedar Cove Assisted Living provides meals for residents.
But too much of it can build up in the blood and cause heart problems. The most common of causes for high potassium (hyperkalemia) is related to your kidneys, according to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. They include acute kidney failure and chronic kidney disease.
Low potassium (hypokalemia) has many causes. The most common cause is excessive potassium loss in urine due to prescription water or fluid pills (diuretics).Vomiting or diarrhea or both can result in excessive potassium loss from the digestive tract.Only rarely is low potassium caused by not getting enough potassium in your diet. Causes of potassium loss leading to low potassium include: 1  Chronic kidney disease. 2  Diabetic ketoacidosis.3  Diarrhea. 4  Excessive alcohol use. 5  Excessive laxative use. 6  Excessive sweating. 7  Folic acid deficiency.omiting or diarrhea or both can result in excessive potassium loss from the digestive tract. Only rarely is low potassium caused by not getting enough potassium in your diet. Causes of potassium loss leading to low potassium include: 1  Chronic kidney disease. 2  Diabetic ketoacidosis. 3  Diarrhea. 4  Excessive alcohol use.