ok, this is getting sent to p101, p102, brestfeeding, and my own journal. this is written at 4 am, so yes there are spelling mistakes so suck it
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To be fair, electrolytes aren't just potassium and sodium. It's also magnesium, calcium, chloride, hydrogen phosphate, hydrogen carbonate... and that's just physiologically speaking.
Yeah, I'm not entirely sure why the doctor didn't administer that, at least to counteract the constant reflux. I find it ordinary for a doctor to release a 4mo child with reflux while waiting on test results without treatment; I find it unusual that they did not treat after noting the dehydration, but most doctors like to hold off before subjecting kids/infants to treatment before they know the diagnosis or the symptom becomes very serious. Still kind of worrisome. I'm glad the testing is tomorrow.
Reflux generally corrects itself - the dehydration symptoms would correct then too. There would have to be an underlying condition for it to be persistent, which I guess the doctor wants to diagnose before treating.
She has a good heartbeat; if the hyperkalemia was severe that would be the next thing affected (weak heartbeat/slow pulse/minor irregularity). If it's due to dehydration it's the body's own coping mechanism and not going to get above a dangerous threshold. If it's something else, they'll treat the symptom then.
Yeah, I'm not entirely sure why the doctor didn't administer that, at least to counteract the constant reflux. I find it ordinary for a doctor to release a 4mo child with reflux while waiting on test results without treatment; I find it unusual that they did not treat after noting the dehydration, but most doctors like to hold off before subjecting kids/infants to treatment before they know the diagnosis or the symptom becomes very serious. Still kind of worrisome. I'm glad the testing is tomorrow.
Reflux generally corrects itself - the dehydration symptoms would correct then too. There would have to be an underlying condition for it to be persistent, which I guess the doctor wants to diagnose before treating.
She has a good heartbeat; if the hyperkalemia was severe that would be the next thing affected (weak heartbeat/slow pulse/minor irregularity). If it's due to dehydration it's the body's own coping mechanism and not going to get above a dangerous threshold. If it's something else, they'll treat the symptom then.
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