A Case of Sudden-Onset Flaccid Paralysis In a Previously Healthy Person

Flaccid paralysis is a neurological syndrome characterized by weakness and paralysis of the limbs, followed by reduced muscle tone. Common causes of flaccid paralysis include blockage of the anterior spinal artery, trauma to the spinal cord, cancer, arterial disease, or thrombosis. A potential diffe...

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Autores principales: Patel, Femina, Mehdizadeh, Chris, Amatya, Prashila, Bhakta, Parash, Torrez Andia, Estevan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Genetics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10199825/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37220452
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37906
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author Patel, Femina
Mehdizadeh, Chris
Amatya, Prashila
Bhakta, Parash
Torrez Andia, Estevan
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description Flaccid paralysis is a neurological syndrome characterized by weakness and paralysis of the limbs, followed by reduced muscle tone. Common causes of flaccid paralysis include blockage of the anterior spinal artery, trauma to the spinal cord, cancer, arterial disease, or thrombosis. A potential differential diagnosis in a 35-year-old male presenting with sudden-onset flaccid paralysis with no history of trauma is hypokalemic periodic paralysis. Treatment with potassium can alleviate symptoms in affected patients. .
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spelling pubmed-101998252023-05-22 A Case of Sudden-Onset Flaccid Paralysis In a Previously Healthy Person Patel, Femina Mehdizadeh, Chris Amatya, Prashila Bhakta, Parash Torrez Andia, Estevan Cureus Genetics Flaccid paralysis is a neurological syndrome characterized by weakness and paralysis of the limbs, followed by reduced muscle tone. Common causes of flaccid paralysis include blockage of the anterior spinal artery, trauma to the spinal cord, cancer, arterial disease, or thrombosis. A potential differential diagnosis in a 35-year-old male presenting with sudden-onset flaccid paralysis with no history of trauma is hypokalemic periodic paralysis. Treatment with potassium can alleviate symptoms in affected patients. . Cureus 2023-04-20 /pmc/articles/PMC10199825/ /pubmed/37220452 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37906 Text en Copyright © 2023, Patel et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Genetics
Patel, Femina
Mehdizadeh, Chris
Amatya, Prashila
Bhakta, Parash
Torrez Andia, Estevan
A Case of Sudden-Onset Flaccid Paralysis In a Previously Healthy Person
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title_fullStr A Case of Sudden-Onset Flaccid Paralysis In a Previously Healthy Person
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10199825/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37220452
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37906
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