WHEN COMPETITIVE BODYBUILDERS COLLAPSE - A RESULT OF HYPERKALEMIA

WHEN COMPETITIVE BODYBUILDERS COLLAPSE - A RESULT OF HYPERKALEMIA

Sturmi J E; Rutecki G W

Physician and Sportsmedicine

1995

1995-11

Numerous physiologic derangements can result when body-builders attempt to augment their muscle definition by using diuretics, potassium supplements, and dietary restrictions., A case report describes a 27-year-old male professional bodybuilder who employed these strategies and presented with profound muscle weakness and muscle cramps. He was found to have life-threatening hyperkalemia, ECG changes, mild rhabdomyolysis, and prerenal azotemia, Vigorous volume expansion and potassium-lowering maneuvers reversed the skeletal muscle and cardiac complications, The patient's symptoms resembled those of another professional bodybuilder who died after employing similar drug and diet strategies.

General & Internal Medicine; Orthopedics; Sport Sciences

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