An intravenous pyelogram (PIE-uh-low-gram), also called an excretory urogram, is an X-ray exam of your urinary tract. An intravenous pyelogram lets your doctor view your kidneys, your bladder and the tubes that carry urine from your kidneys to your bladder (ureters).
By Mayo Clinic Staff. 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.
There can be: Some danger as well as some physical conditions that are worsened by a low potassium. There are also endocrine abnormalities that can produce low potassium and should be treated. You would have to drink a lot of orange juice and eat a lot of bananas to replace your potassium.