Finally, hypokalemia can affect cardiac muscle contractions, which can lead to cardiac arrhythmias and cardiac arrest.

最后，低血症会影响心肌收缩，导致心律心搏骤停。

In patients with severe hypokalemia, the main goal of treatment is to normalize potassium levels.

对于严重低血症病人，治疗主要目标是使得血水平正。

Alright, so there are all these ways to develop hypokalemia, but what happens when somebody has hypokalemia?

好，这些就是所有形成低血症途径了，但是当一个人患低血症时会发生什么呢？

That said, simply low intake can lead to hypokalemia, like in anorexia, prolonged fasting, or specific types of diets.

即未摄入足量会导致低血症，比如厌食症、长期禁食，或者特定类型饮食。

In rare cases, insulin overdose can cause enough potassium uptake into cells as to cause hypokalemia.

罕见案例，胰岛素过量会造成足量被细胞摄入，造成低血症。

Commonly used diuretics, like loop diuretics and thiazide diuretics, also increase potassium excretion and can lead to hypokalemia.

通使用利尿剂，比如袢利尿剂噻嗪类利尿剂，也会增加排泄，导致低血症。

Alright, on to external potassium balance shifts resulting in hypokalemia, which has to do with potassium intake or excretion.

好，那导致低血症外部平衡变化，摄入排泄有关。

JW also has hypokalemia, or low potassium presence in blood because of that beer.

JW也有低血症，或者因为饮用大量啤酒导致血液被稀释。

Early ECG changes in hypokalemia are mainly due to delayed ventricular repolarization.

低血症早期心电图改变主要是心室复极延迟所致。

Another external balance shift causing hypokalemia is increased losses of gastrointestinal secretions, typically due to vomiting and diarrhea.

另一种导致低血症外部平衡变化是胃肠道消化液大量丢，典型原因是呕吐腹泻。

Most commonly, hypokalemia is caused by excessive loss of potassium in the urine from the GI tract or skin.

最见低血症是由胃肠道或皮肤尿液过度流引起。

But the loss of stomach acid leads to metabolic alkalosis, which as we saw, can lead to hypokalemia.

但是胃酸丢导致代谢性碱毒，如我们所见，可以导致低血症。

The low potassium or hypokalemia is particularly worrisome because it can lead to muscle weakness and even cardiac arrhythmias, the latter of which can lead to death.

其低血是尤其危险，因为它能导致肌无力甚至心律，后者可危及生命。

So in order to help compensate for an alkalosis, hydrogen ions leave cells and potassium ions enter the cells and leave the blood, resulting in hypokalemia.

所以，为了帮助碱毒代偿，氢离子离开细胞，而离子离开血液、进入细胞，导致低血症。

Individuals with hyperaldosteronism typically develop hypertension related symptoms like headaches and facial flushing, as well as hypokalemia related symptoms like constipation, weakness, and potentially changes in their heart rhythm.

醛固酮增多症患者通会出现高血压相关症状，如头痛面部潮红，以及低血症相关症状，如便秘、乏力与对心律潜在影响。

All that being said, in situations where somebody produces too much aldosterone, like primary hyperaldosteronism, then there's more potassium secretion by the principal cells and excreted, and therefore less potassium is retained, leading to hypokalemia.

说了这么多，在某人产生了太多醛固酮情况下，比如原发性醛固酮增多症，更多被主细胞分泌并排泄，这意味着更少被保留，导致了低血症。

All right, as a quick recap, hyperaldosteronism is the chronic, excess secretion of aldosterone from the zona glomerulosa of the adrenal gland, and these high aldosterone levels can lead to hypokalemia, hypernatremia, hypertension, and a metabolic alkalosis.

得！简单回顾一下：醛固酮增多症是指肾上腺球状带长期分泌过多醛固酮；这些高醛固酮水平可导致低血症、高钠血症、高血压与代谢性碱毒。

As hypokalemia becomes more severe especially in patients with other heart conditions, the inward current may exceed the outward current resulting in early after depolarization and consequently extra heartbeats prolonged repolarization may also promote re-entrant arrhythmias.

随着低血症变得更加严重，尤其是其他心脏病患者，内向电流可能会超过外向电流，从而导致早期去极化后，因此，额外心跳延长复极也可能促进折返性心律。

Taken together, a relatively high potassium concentration in the principal cell and a relatively low potassium concentration in the lumen, strengthens the potassium gradient and causes a lot of potassium to get secreted and excreted in the urine - leading to hypokalemia.

总之，主细胞相对高浓度管腔相对低浓度，强化了浓度梯度，造成了许多被分泌排泄入尿液，导致低血症。