通常当医生已经安排血液检查以辅助诊断您的现有医疗状况或监测目前服用药物时发现血钾高。它通常不因偶然而发现。
请与医生谈论您的结果有哪些含义。您可能需要将影响您血钾水平的药物予以替换，或者可能需要治疗导致您血钾水平高的另一种医疗状况。往往针对根本原因治疗高血钾。在某些情况下，您可能需要急救药物或透析。
如果您出现高钾血症的症状，尤其您患有肾脏疾病或正在服用升高自身血钾水平的药物，请立即电话联系您的医生。高钾血症是一种严重且可能威胁生命的疾病。它可能导致：
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