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Hello, my father went whole body health check up recently. All results are normal except blood potassium. Its 5.8 His creatinine is 0.9 mg/dl and with normal urea and no protien in urine Is it fine with 5.8 potassium? I am worried a lot Please help.
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Often a report of high blood potassium is not true hyperkalemia. Instead, it may be caused by the rupture of blood cells in the blood sample during or shortly after the blood draw. The most common cause of genuinely high potassium (hyperkalemia) is related to your kidneys, such as: Acute kidney failure. And your father's potassium is not very much increased.
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