Effect of Potassium on Blood Sugar and Plasma Insulin Levels in Patients Undergoing Peritoneal Dialysis and Hemodialysis
November 1968
in “
The Lancet
”
peritoneal dialysis hemodialysis hyperglycemia plasma potassium levels blood sugar levels plasma insulin levels hair texture cellular detritus dysplastic hairs anagen hairs telogen hairs bulb diameter protein-calorie malnutrition hair-root morphology dialysis high blood sugar potassium levels insulin levels hair structure hair shedding hair growth phase hair resting phase hair bulb size malnutrition hair root structure
TLDR Potassium levels affect blood sugar and insulin during dialysis, and malnutrition changes children's hair roots.
The document presents findings from two separate studies. The first study involved 10 patients with acute and chronic renal failure undergoing peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis. It was found that low plasma potassium levels were associated with the development of hyperglycemia during dialysis. After potassium levels were corrected in one patient, their blood sugar levels normalized in the next dialysis session, suggesting a correlation between plasma potassium levels and blood sugar and plasma insulin levels during dialysis. The second study compared hair-root characteristics between 13 Andean Indian children with marasmic kwashiorkor and 13 healthy children. The malnourished children had significant alterations in hair texture, cellular detritus, dysplastic hairs, and a reduction in anagen hairs (26±6% vs. 66±6% in healthy children) and an increase in telogen hairs (45±5% vs. 10±3% in healthy children). The bulb diameter was also significantly smaller in the malnourished group, indicating that protein-calorie malnutrition leads to measurable changes in hair-root morphology.
