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Aloe vera latex has strong laxative effects, which may cause diarrhea, abdominal pain, vomiting, hypokalemia (low potassium), other electrolyte imbalances, and kidney damage.
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Elizabeth Barnes, Verywell Health, 10 Sep. 2024
Low potassium levels, or hypokalemia, can damage muscles to the point of possible paralysis, cause difficulty breathing from weakened respiratory muscles and prevent kidneys from doing their job.
—Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024
This can lead to a drop in potassium levels in the blood (hypokalemia) and sometimes a condition called metabolic acidosis, where the body produces too much acid or the kidneys aren't removing enough acid from the body.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
The extreme drop in potassium levels (hypokalemia) throws off the ionic balance critical to the cardiac conduction system—which is a specialized group of heart muscle cells that use electrical signals to make the heart muscles contract and pump blood around.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 25 Sep. 2020
Low potassium levels can lead to hypokalemia, which can cause muscle weakness, spasms, cramps, tingling, numbness and, in severe cases, paralysis.
—Laura Landro, WSJ, 13 Nov. 2022
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Elizabeth Barnes, Verywell Health, 10 Sep. 2024
Low potassium levels, or hypokalemia, can damage muscles to the point of possible paralysis, cause difficulty breathing from weakened respiratory muscles and prevent kidneys from doing their job.
—Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024
This can lead to a drop in potassium levels in the blood (hypokalemia) and sometimes a condition called metabolic acidosis, where the body produces too much acid or the kidneys aren't removing enough acid from the body.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
The extreme drop in potassium levels (hypokalemia) throws off the ionic balance critical to the cardiac conduction system—which is a specialized group of heart muscle cells that use electrical signals to make the heart muscles contract and pump blood around.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 25 Sep. 2020
Low potassium levels can lead to hypokalemia, which can cause muscle weakness, spasms, cramps, tingling, numbness and, in severe cases, paralysis.
—Laura Landro, WSJ, 13 Nov. 2022
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hypokalemia
noun
hy·po·ka·le·mia
variants
or chiefly British hypokalaemia
: a deficiency of potassium in the blood
called also hypopotassemia
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