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hey guys in this video I wanted to talk about the side effects of thiazide that’s

high blood pressure medication also known as hydrochlorothiazide which is a

diuretic for a high blood pressure and edema it pulls water out of your body

okay but it comes with a package it also pulls your electrolytes specifically

potassium magnesium and other electrolytes okay so here the side

effects hypokalemia now what does that mean that’s low potassium in the blood

now just think about it potassium is needed in large quantities

in the diet most people don’t even get a trace of what they really need and the

side effects of low potassium are palpitations arrhythmias muscle weakness

cramps arrhythmias okay and the big side effect from hypokalemia is high

blood pressure I’m going to put a link down below you have to check this out so

here we are taking this medication to get rid of high blood pressure but it’s

causing high blood pressure potassium relaxes the blood vessels it

called it counteracts the retention of sodium the other side effect is

hyperglycemia you know that is that’s diabetes that’s a side effect

hyperlipidemia that’s high cholesterol here’s another one high uric acid that’s

gout high calcium low sodium is called hyponatremia when

you’re drinking a lot of water sometimes you can develop hyponatremia as well

where you’re actually getting rid of all the sodium and you get muscle cramps and

leg weakness your body needs about a thousand

milligrams of sodium every single day so if you’re pulling out too much sodium

that can be damaging to the heart as well low magnesium we need electrolytes

to be healthy so a lot of electrolytes will make you tired weak muscle cramps

high blood glucose irregular heartbeat and even high blood pressure so I put a

link down below to show you the potential cause of high blood pressure

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