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potassium in rheumatoid arthritis

Charles E. Weber   (23 November 2004)

potassium in rheumatoid arthritis 23 November 2004
Charles E. Weber, retired none Send letter to journal: Re: potassium in rheumatoid arthritis isoptera{at}mchsi.com Charles E. Weber	I take note in your article on rheumatoid arthritis that you fail to mention potassium. Potassium is always low in the cell fluid of arthritics and low in the serum according to the NHANES survey. I suspect that this is the most important symptom during rheumatoid arthritis, and is responsible for most of the other symptoms. You may also see a summary of this concept at; http://members.tripod.com/~charles_W/potassium.html There is information on potassium and its relation to rheumatoid arthritis from respected researchers. I can refer you to the work of LaCelle for cell potassium content, for instance; LaCelle PL et al 1964 An investigation of total body potassium in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Rheumatism Association, Arthritis and Rheumatism 7; 321. I have many publications myself in well respected journals, for instance; Weber CE 1974 Potassium in the etiology of rheumatoid arthritis and heart infarction. Journal of Applied Nutrition 26; Nos 1&2, 41-67. Weber CE 1970 Journal of Theoretical Biology 29; 327. Weber CE 1983 Corticosteroid regulation of electrolytes. Journal of Theoretical Biology 104; 443. Weber CE 1983 A proposal for an experiment of potassium on rheumatoid arthritis. Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology 1; 184. Weber CE 1984 Copper response in rheumatoid arthritis Medical Hypotheses 15; 333. Weber CE 1998 Cortisol's purpose. Medical Hypotheses 51; 289