Both RA and heart disease involved with potassium.
Charles Weber, retired
28 September 2005
Rheumatoid arthritis always has low cell potassium. A potassium deficiency can cause necrosis of heart cells. A potassium deficiency is almost certainly the link between RA and heart disease. For a discussion of the affect of potassium deficiency on physiology, see; <a href="http://members.tripod.com/~charles_W/arthritis3.html ">
Competing interests
I have written several noncommercial articles about RA posted on the internet, starting here <a href="http://members.tripod.com/~charles_W/arthritis.html "> and summarized here <a href="http://members.tripod.com/~charles_W/potassium.html">
Both RA and heart disease involved with potassium.
28 September 2005
Rheumatoid arthritis always has low cell potassium. A potassium deficiency can cause necrosis of heart cells. A potassium deficiency is almost certainly the link between RA and heart disease. For a discussion of the affect of potassium deficiency on physiology, see; <a href="http://members.tripod.com/~charles_W/arthritis3.html ">
Competing interests
I have written several noncommercial articles about RA posted on the internet, starting here <a href="http://members.tripod.com/~charles_W/arthritis.html "> and summarized here <a href="http://members.tripod.com/~charles_W/potassium.html">