Vitamin K - Potassium

Hi,

Just read in the PDSA Email where Potassium is good for Platelet production ?
I've long been under the misconception that I was to limit my intake of K ??
Can anyone advise ? as I also will question my Hematologist next visit .

If you are certain please respond ,
if not it can wait....

Thank You
SuperDave
staying posetive

Potassium and Vitamin K are two totally different items.


Vitamin K can increase clotting in your blood it is used as a form of treatment for people on blood thinners. They are monitor with a test called INR if they have too much thinner in their blood they can start to bleed just like us. At that point they are usually given an injection of vitamin K


Platelets help with clotting but there are also many other things involved in clotting. Some where in a topic I shared a video on clotting factors. If you go to you tube you can find many that will explain it.

Potassium - helps to regulate electrolytes and help with the functioning of muscles. Which is why when your low in potassium you can suffer from leg cramps!

I think the confusion stemmed from the fact that potassium is a chemical element, a metal/electrolyte, whose symbol on the periodic table is K, from the latin kalium, which explains why the term for potassium deficiency is "hypokalemia." In medical charting, the confusion is avoided by using "K" for potassium and "vit K" or "vitamin K" for the vitamin.
Norma