Okokuqala, kubalulekile ukwazi ukuba potaziyamu Yiminerali esiyifunayo sonke ukuze umzimba usebenze ngokukuko. Nangona kunjalo, izinga lakho kufuneka lihlale liqhelekileyo. Izintso inoxanduva lokususa i-potassium egqithileyo kwifayile ye- igazi. Izizathu ezithintela ukupheliswa ngokuchanekileyo kwezimbiwa kunye nokubangela ukuqokelelwa kwazo zininzi: esi sifo saziwa njengehyperkalemia
Ngale ndlela, kuthathelwa ingqalelo ukuba inqanaba le potaziyamu iphezulu kakhulu xa idlula i-5,5 millimoles kwilitha nganye kwi-plasma yegazi. Enkosi kuvavanyo lwegazi, inqanaba le potassium egazini lingajongwa.
Esinye sezizathu zokonyuka kwe potassium kunokuba kukuncitshiswa iiglobhu bomvu, ngenxa yokutshatyalaliswa kwembumba yeseli, umzekelo kwiimeko ze-hemolytic anemia.
Ngokunjalo, uyatsha kwaye ukulimala amangcwaba zinokuthintela izintso ekupheliseni i-potassium eyaneleyo kwaye ke ngenxa yokwakha egazini. Kwezinye iimeko, inqanaba le-potassium elonyukayo linokubangelwa zizifo ezinzulu.
Kwelinye icala, ezithile mayeza womchamo okanye ngoxinzelelo lwegazi kunokubangela ukwanda kwe potassium kwinqanaba eligqithisileyo. Ngesi sizathu, ukuba kuvavanyo lwegazi inqanaba le-potassium lihleli liphezulu, kwaye ukuba ichiza lolu hlobo luthathiwe, ugqirha kufuneka aziswe.
Las izifo izintso Banokunxulumana ngokuthe ngqo namanqanaba anyukayo e-potassium egazini, kuba ukuba izintso azikwazi ukwenza umsebenzi wazo wokucoca igazi ngokuchanekileyo, ukugqitha kwale minerali akunakupheliswa. Ingqwalaselo eyodwa kufuneka ihlawulwe nakwizigulana ezisebenzisa i-dialysis.
La Isifo iAddison inokuba sisizathu esinokubakho sokwanda kwenqanaba le potassium, kuba le meko ibangela ukungeneli kwemveliso yehomoni ngamadlala eadrenal. Ukonyuka kwe-potassium kunokuba yenye yeempawu zesi sifo.