A landmark 1990 study of a large family with a tendency toward hyperkalemic ( high-potassium ) periodic paralysis helped identify the mutation responsible.
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The channelopathies of human skeletal muscle include hyper-and hypokalemic ( high and low potassium blood concentrations ) periodic paralysis, myotonia congenita and paramyotonia congenita.
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In 1935 Mary Walker was the first to recognise the association between the condition familial periodic paralysis and hypokalaemia ( low blood potassium levels ).
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In hyperkalemic periodic paralysis, mutations occur in residues between transmembrane domains III and IV which make up the fast inactivation gate of Na v 1.4.
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In contrast, hyperkalemic periodic paralysis refers to gain-of-function mutations in sodium channels that maintain muscle depolarisation and therefore are aggravated by high potassium ion concentrations.
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Although agitation is often assumed to be a positive sign of conversion disorder, release of epinephrine is a well-demonstrated cause of paralysis from hypokalemic periodic paralysis.
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The association with the R83H mutation in KCNE3 is controversial and other groups have detected the same mutation in individuals not exhibiting symptoms of periodic paralysis.
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Patients with the rare hereditary condition of hyperkalemic periodic paralysis appear to have a heightened muscular sensitivity that is associated with transient elevation of potassium levels.
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These changes disrupt the flow of potassium ions in skeletal and cardiac muscle, leading to the periodic paralysis and irregular heart rhythm characteristic of Andersen Tawil syndrome.
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Acetazolamide ( " Acet " ) is used for treating horses with the genetic disease hyperkalemic periodic paralysis ( HYPP ), and prevents affected animals from having seizures.
