FAMILY PERIODIC PARALYSIS

Familial Periodic Paralysis

Familial periodic paralysis is a malady usually characterized by (1) recurrent flaccid muscular paralysis, (2) history of the disease in other members of the family, (3) depression of the level of potassium ions in the blood serum during an episode of paresis, (4) impairment of electrical excitability of the musculature, (5) impairment of deep reflexes, (6) retention of consciousness without al...

Hyperthyroid hypokalemic periodic paralysis

Hyperthyroid periodic paralysis (HPP) is a rare life threatening complication of hyperthyroidism commonly occurring in young Asian males but sporadically found in other races. It is characterised by hypokalemia and acute onset paraparesis with prevalence of one in one hundred thousand (1 in 100000). The symptoms resolve promptly with potassium supplementation. Nonselective beta blockers like pr...

Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis.

Primary hypokalemic periodic paralysis.

Primary hypokalemic periodic paralysis (PHPP) is a rare entity first described by Shakanowitch in 1882. Only a few cases of PHPP have been reported in Indian literature in adults(l). In children hypokalemic paralysis secondary to gastroenteritis and chronic renal disease is much more common than primary disease(2). We hereby report a case of PHPP in a child, successfully managed with acetazolam...

Treatment for periodic paralysis.

BACKGROUND Primary periodic paralyses are rare inherited muscle diseases characterised by episodes of flaccid weakness affecting one or more limbs, lasting several hours to several days, caused by mutations in skeletal muscle channel genes. OBJECTIVES The objective of this review was to systematically review treatment of periodic paralyses. SEARCH STRATEGY We searched the Cochrane Neuromusc...