Background Hypokalemia induced by diuretic abuse is a life-threatening emergency. Case presentation A 22-years-old female nurse with a body mass index 18 suffered from myalgias, vomiting and diarrhea.

Severe levels of potassium can be life threatening. However, having low potassium levels can also affect the heart, as hypokalemia can lead to potentially life threatening arrhythmia. If a person ...

An obese patient, striving to reduce, ingested an excessive amount of licorice, leading to severe potassium depletion and an acute, rapidly progressive myopathy and myoglobinuria. M.G., a 45-year ...

which on each occasion has been followed by a prompt return of severe and frequent episodic weakness with associated hypokalemia. Case 2. A 22-year-old white man (N.I.H. 06–57–45) had had ...

This case shows that furosemide-induced severe hypokalemia may present without cardiac arrest, may be survived without sequelae and may be accompanied by transient rhabdomyolysis. Chronic ...