Acetazolamide may also be used to treat periodic paralysis.

Mutations in this gene have been linked to thyrotoxic periodic paralysis.

It is characterized by periodic paralysis, cardiac arrhythmias and dysmorphic features.

Thyrotoxic hypokalaemic periodic paralysis has been linked to altered K2.6 function.

Mutations in the following genes can cause hypokalemic periodic paralysis:

Some people only develop symptoms of periodic paralysis due to hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid).

Treatment of Andersen-Tawil syndrome is similar to that for other types of periodic paralysis.

Hypokalemic periodic paralysis results from mutations in subunits of sodium or calcium channels.

Mutations in this gene are associated with hypokalemic periodic paralysis and Brugada syndrome.

Treatment of hypokalemic periodic paralysis focuses on preventing further attacks and relieving acute symptoms.

This disease can also present as hyperkalemic periodic paralysis and there is debate as to whether the two disorders are actually distinct.

Although much less publicized, Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis has also been observed in humans.

The prognosis for periodic paralysis varies.

She suffered a bout with rheumatic fever as a school girl which left her with painful legs and periodic paralysis.

In hypokalemic periodic paralysis, arginine residues making up the voltage sensor of Na1.4 are mutated.

This entity is distinguished with thyroid function tests, and the diagnosis is instead called thyrotoxic periodic paralysis.

The isolation of the gene that causes the disease, hyperkalemic periodic paralysis, is the first for an important disorder of pedigreed horses.

In 1935 Mary Walker was the first to recognise the association between the condition familial periodic paralysis and hypokalaemia (low blood potassium levels).

Some people with Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis have increased levels of potassium in their blood (hyperkalemia) during attacks.

She also described the glucose challenge test used in diagnosing hypokalaemic periodic paralysis and the use of intravenous potassium in its treatment.

This means people with both hyperkalemic periodic paralysis and paramyotonia congenita can have attacks with fluctuations of potassium up or down.

June 29 - Elizabeth Barrett Browning, poet, 55 (possibly from hypokalemic periodic paralysis)

Some modern scientists speculate her illness may have been hypokalemic periodic paralysis, a genetic disorder that causes weakness and many of the other symptoms she described.

The Periodic Paralysis Assoc.

It is expressed in skeletal muscle, and mutations in this gene have been linked to several myotonia and periodic paralysis disorders.