Hyperkalemic Paralysis Case Study

As Jeff’s doctors diagnosed, Jeff’s condition is caused by a mutation of a sodium channel, SCNA4. The official name for Jeff’s condition is hyperkalemic periodic paralysis. Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis is a disorder that causes sudden onsets of extreme muscle weakness or paralysis (Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis). Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis is so rare that only around 1 in 200,000 people (Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis). Also since hyperkalemic periodic paralysis is an inherited condition; it was common for more than one person being diagnosed with it within the same family (Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis FAQ).

1. ECG questions: a. A patient in a physician’s office or hospital after changing into a hospital gown is told to lie on the examination table (Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG)). Electrodes (sticky patches applied to help detect electrical currents of the heart), 12 to 15 are attached to the
Sodium and Potassium function as electrolytes in which they help balance the amount of fluids in the body and transmit electrical nerve impulses (What Role Does Potassium Play in Muscle Contraction?). The majority of the potassium in the body can be found in the muscle tissue, most of which reside in the cell membrane while sodium remains in the fluid around the cell (What Role Does Potassium Play in Muscle Contraction?). The balance sodium and potassium of makes an electrical and chemical gradient that transports molecules in and out of the cell as well as transmit nerve impulses that make muscle contraction possible (What Role Does Potassium Play in Muscle Contraction?).
6. The SCN4A channel is officially named the sodium voltage-gated channel alpha subunit 4 (Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis). The gene holds a set of instructions for making sodium channels which transport positively charged sodium atoms into cells and makes the alpha subunit of sodium channels that are abundant in muscles used for movement (Hyperkalemic Periodic