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Can increased insulin caused by overtraining syndrome cause you to have periodic episodes of hypokalemia and parlaysis?
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No: However, if drug (perhaps diuretic) abuse is not a factor, I would get evaluated for periodic paralysis syndrome, a genetic glitch that gets missed a lot.
Answered 6/17/2015
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