What Is Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis?

Hypokalemic periodic paralysis is a serious muscle disease. It is a muscle disease characterized by periodic flaccid paralysis.

Hypokalemic periodic paralysis

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Hypokalemic periodic paralysis is a serious muscle disease. It is a muscle disease characterized by periodic flaccid paralysis.

Chinese name

Hypokalemic periodic paralysis

Definition

Flaccid paralysis

Types of

Muscle disease

complication

Abnormal potassium metabolism

Periodic paralysis is a muscle disease characterized by periodic flaccid paralysis, most of which are accompanied by abnormal potassium ion metabolism. Low potassium periodic paralysis is the most common. Patients often have sudden attacks, so they are often encountered in emergency medical departments. The disease usually starts in young adults and is more common in men, with a high incidence in April to September. Before the onset, there may be inducements such as full meals, strenuous exercise, alcoholism, trauma, infection, vomiting and diarrhea. At the beginning of the attack, there may be symptoms such as thirst, sweating, sore limbs, and paresthesia, which often occur during sleep or when waking up in the morning. Limb soreness often begins in the lower limbs, gradually rises upwards, and involves the upper limbs, which are symmetrical on both sides, with the proximal end being heavier than the distal end, and paralysis peaks within a few hours. Seizures last for hours to days. Severe hypokalemia can cause limb paralysis, unable to turn over, and severe breathing difficulties due to respiratory muscle paralysis, even suffocation, arrhythmia, and cardiac arrest.

1. The disease can occur at any age, but more than 20 to 40 years old, more men than women.

2. Excessive eating of carbohydrates, after strenuous exercise, infection, trauma, emotional excitement, menstruation, cold, etc. can be induced.

3. Precursive symptoms such as limb soreness, soreness, numbness, irritability, sweating, oliguria, flushing, and fear may occur before onset. It has been suggested that slight movements at this time may inhibit its onset.

4. Paralysis usually occurs after falling asleep at night or when waking up in the morning, manifested as limb paralysis, low muscle tension, weakened or disappeared tendon reflexes. Head and facial muscles are less involved.

5. Symptoms often reach a peak in a few hours, and muscle weakness usually lasts for hours to days.

6. During the onset, patients may have slow heart rate, premature beats and elevated blood pressure, etc., and can fully recover.

7. Some patients have muscle soreness and stiffness associated with polyuria, sweating, and paralysis when muscle strength is restored.

Potassium is an indispensable element of the human body, and its role is mainly to maintain the normal functions of nerves and muscles. Therefore, once the human body is deficient in potassium, not only the energy and physical strength will decrease, but also the heat resistance will decrease. The most prominent manifestation is the weakness of the limbs, and the occurrence of relaxation and paralysis of the neuromuscular system with different degrees, especially the lower limbs. Potassium deficiency paralysis. In severe cases, it can also cause acid-base imbalance, metabolic disorders, arrhythmias in the human body, and is accompanied by cardiovascular system dysfunction, such as chest tightness, palpitations, and even respiratory muscle paralysis and dyspnea.
After the human body sweats a lot, do not drink too much boiled water or sugar water immediately, but drink some fruit juice or sugar salt water to prevent excessive reduction of blood potassium. Some people drink too much salt and water in order to make themselves less sweaty. This will easily increase the burden on the heart and cause the body to lose potassium and sodium balance. Proper supplementation of potassium is beneficial to improve the balance of potassium and sodium in the body, which can prevent blood pressure from rising and prevent hypotension.
Potassium can be taken from your daily diet. Here are some foods that contain more potassium:
.Meat--Lean pork, pork liver, pork loin, pork belly, pork floss, bacon, lamb, chicken, fish, scallop, shrimp and so on.
Grain-Potassium elements such as buckwheat, corn, sweet potatoes, and soybeans are high. There are also soybeans, green beans, black beans, red beans, mung beans, peas, broad beans and so on.

Fruits-Bananas have the highest potassium content.

3. Vegetables-Spinach, amaranth, coriander, rape, cabbage, celery, shallots, garlic, lettuce, potatoes, yam, fresh peas, edamame and other potassium-containing elements are higher. There are also seaweeds such as peanuts, lotus seeds, lilies, mushrooms, bamboo shoots, mushrooms, mustard, cabbage, etc.-per 100 grams of seaweed contains 1,640 mg of potassium, which is 175 times that of sodium; kelp contains 22 times that of sodium, so , Seaweed soup, seaweed steamed fish, seaweed meatballs, cold seaweed shreds, seaweed stew, etc. are all the best dishes for potassium supplements in summer.