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A member asked:
What can cause sudden dangerously low potassium, hypokalemia, causing me to collapse and nearly die? what tests do i need?
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Periodic paralysis?T: This sounds to me like hypokalemic periodic paralysis. I've seen good physicians miss this. Please read up on it, see if this fits you, talk with your physicians, see if a diagnosis can be made, if it can, discuss the implications with your family.
Answered 8/9/2018
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