Laxative abuse is associated with:: (A) Hypokalemia, (B) Hypomagnesemia, (C) Hypoglycemia, (D) Colonic spacticity
Answer is A. Some individuals are obsessed with using purgatives regularly.This may be reflection of a psychological problem. Dangers of laxative abuse are: 1.flairing of intestinal pathology,rupture of inflammes appendix 2.fluid and electrolyte imbalance,especially hypokalemia 3.steatorrhoea,malabsorption syndrome 4.protein losing enteropathy 5.spastic colitis ESSENTIALS OF MEDICAL PHARMACOLOGY 6TH EDITION KD TRIPATHI PAGE NO:656