Clinical and biochemical features of hypokalemic paralysis: a study from rural Eastern India

Abstract

Key Message Hypokalemic paralysis is an important differential diagnosis of acute flaccid paralysis that rapidly recovers with treatment. Most of the cases are primary, usually a calcium channel disorder (Type I) or very rarely a sodium channel disorder (Type II). However, secondary causes should be evaluated for and reasonably excluded before labeling the disorder as primary hypokalemic paralysis.

Keywords

• Periodic paralysis
• Hypokalemia
• Primary
• Secondary