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ArticleCureus2024

Hyperinsulinemic State and Hypokalemic Quadriparesis in Tropical Fever: Is There a Link?

Amitabha Saha, Arjun Talapatra, Sushmita Basu, Souvik Sarkar, Sourav Sarkar

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Amitabha SahaCritical Care Medicine, AMRI Hospitals, Kolkata, IND.
Arjun TalapatraCritical Care Medicine, AMRI Hospitals, Kolkata, IND.
Sushmita BasuCritical Care Medicine, AMRI Hospitals, Kolkata, IND.
Souvik SarkarRespiratory Medicine, Datta Meghe Institue of Higher Education and Research, Wardha, IND.
Sourav SarkarAnesthesiology, Rama Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Kanpur, IND.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is rare for quadriparesis to manifest as a symptom of tropical illnesses. With a history of only one fever episode one week prior, our patient, a 48-year-old male with obesity and prediabetes, who was also known to have ankylosing spondylitis, presented with acute onset flaccid quadriparesis. He did not exhibit any additional symptoms of dengue, such as bleeding tendencies, petechial rashes, thrombocytopenia, or febrile episodes. Upon examination, it was discovered that he had extremely low serum potassium levels and was dengue non-specific antigen 1 (NS1) positive. His hyperinsulinemia, as seen by elevated C peptide levels, most likely caused a transcellular shift that was then triggered by the dengue infection, leading to hypokalemic paralysis.

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dengue fever/complicationshyperinsulinemiahypokalemiaquadriparesis associated with denguetropical fever

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PMID38716013
PMCPMC11074008

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