Roy Amitava, Tripathi Anil Kumar, Verma Shailendra Prasad, Reddy Himanshu, Jain Nirdesh
Internal Medicine, CSM Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
BMJ Case Rep. 2011 Jul 27;2011:bcr1120103514. doi: 10.1136/bcr.11.2010.3514.
The authors report acute hypokalaemic quadriparesis in two young patients that occurred during dengue epidemic in 2010 in India. Both patients developed flexic type of pure motor weakness in all four limbs without bladder bowel involvement, following 2 to 3 days of fever and malaise. Higher mental functions were normal. Serum potassium level was very low; 2-2.5 m mol/l. Non-structural protein (NS(1))-antigen and immunoglobulin M-antibody for dengue were positive in both patients. Both patients improved with potassium supplementation. In follow-up, they are doing well.
作者报告了2010年印度登革热流行期间两名年轻患者出现的急性低钾性四肢瘫。两名患者在发热和不适2至3天后,四肢均出现屈曲型纯运动性无力,无膀胱肠道受累。高级精神功能正常。血清钾水平非常低,为2 - 2.5 mmol/L。两名患者的登革热非结构蛋白(NS(1))抗原和免疫球蛋白M抗体均呈阳性。两名患者经补钾后病情好转。随访时,他们情况良好。