Our body needs minerals and nutrients to function properly and remain healthy. Potassium is one of the essential minerals and electrolytes for the body. Potassium is one of the electrolyte helps in keeping the blood pressure levels stable, helps in regulating heart contractions and functioning of muscles. When there is a problem with the regular functioning of kidney, level of potassium can become too high as kidneys. Kidneys are responsible for filtering out important ions such as, sodium, potassium and calcium from the bloodstream. When kidneys are dysfunctional, there is an over load of potassium that the body cannot handle and that becomes the condition of hyperkalemia. People who have high blood pressure are more prone to potassium levels being too high as the medicines used to lower high blood pressure can alter kidney function causing the potassium levels to rise. Rhabdomyolysis can take potassium level too high and cause hyperkalemia. When you drink too much alcohol and take too many drugs, you can suffer from rhabdomyolysis, where your muscle fibers breakdown that leads to the release of potassium in the bloodstream. There are ways to control if your level of potassium is too high in your body. If you have high potassium, then you are close to getting hyperkalemia unless you take measures to prevent it.