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Hypokalemic periodic paralysis, a rare yet critical condition: A case report.
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- Steroid-induced Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis.Annals of African medicine · 2026Article
- Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis in a Young Woman With Mast Cell Activation Syndrome: A Case Report of an Atypical Presentation Associated With an Ultra-Rare CACNA1S Variant.Clinical case reports · 2026Article
- Tachycardia and Positive Amphetamine Screen are Associated With True Positive-Methamphetamine Exposures in Pediatric Patients.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2026Article
- Severe Hypokalemia After Corticosteroid Use: A Case of Steroid-Induced Potassium Depletion.Cureus · 2026Article
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Abstract
Hypokalemic periodic paralysis (HPP) is a rare disease. Due to channelopathy caused by mutations in skeletal muscle ion channels, episodes of sudden flaccid muscle weakness and hypokalemia develop as a result of various trigger factors. The present study reports the case of a 25-year-old male patient with HPP admitted with acute onset numbness and paralysis in the extremities accompanying hypokalemia (2.66 mEq/l). The patient became asymptomatic following treatment with a potassium (K) supplement and was diagnosed with HPP. The present study describes this case of HPP in an aim to remind colleagues of the possibility of HPP in hypokalemic patients with muscle weakness and flaccid paralysis.
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