Getting a charge out of periodic paralysis?

Accidental intravenous bolus infusion of potassium chloride in a young man with hypokalemic periodic paralysis

Hypokalemic periodic paralysis is anautosomal dominantdisease characterized by muscle weakness or paralysis with a matching fall in blood potassium levels. Paralysis attacks often occur in adolescence and are induced by strenuous exercise followed by rest, high carbohydrateor high sodiummeal content, sudden changes in temperature, and even excitement, noise, flashing lights and cold temperature...

BILATERAL SUDDEN SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS (SSHL) WITH HYPOKALEMIC PERIODIC PARALYSIS (HPP)

Periodic Thyroxic Paralysis: Report of Two Patients in Iran

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Difficulty Getting Up In the Morning: A Case of Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis

Cliff W. Hampton, Joseph R. Sweigart, Susan M. Nikels, Michael Hanley 1 Internal Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, United States. 2 Pulmonary Sciences & Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, United States. (Control ID: 1327979) Learning Objective 1: Recognize thyrotoxic periodic paralysis as an uncommon complication of thyrotoxicosis Learning Obje...

A calcium channel mutation causing hypokalemic periodic paralysis.

The only calcium channel mutation reported to date is a deletion in the gene for the DHP-receptor alpha 1-subunit resulting in neonatal death in muscular dysgenesis mice (1). In humans, this gene maps to chromosome 1q31-32. An autosomal dominant muscle disease, hypokalemic periodic paralysis (HypoPP), has been mapped to the same region (2). Sequencing of cDNA of two patients revealed a G-to-A b...