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One week back my husband was unable to walk, then doctors diagnose potassium deficiency and gave medicine for 5 days. He is feeling weakness. I want to know what could be the reason,
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Kindly do serum potassium and look if the value is normal. If potassium value is normal there may be many other causes for weakness such as iron deficiency, calcium deficiency, many other micronutrients may be deficient. Kindly consult the same doctor.
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