Case Report
Graves’ Disease Presenting with Periodic Paralysis to the Emergency Department
| Urinary losses | Diuretics | Hypomagnesaemia | Bartter and Gitelman syndromes | Gastrointestinal losses | Vomiting | Diarrhoea or laxative abuse | Decreased potassium intake | Poor oral intake | Hyperaldosteronism | Primary hyperaldosteronism | Secondary hyperaldosteronism | Others (e.g. excessive liquorice intake) | Shift of potassium into cells | Metabolic alkalosis | Excessive insulin | Hypo/hyperkalaemic periodic paralysis | Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis | Adrenergic stimulation (e.g. beta-agonists or phaeochromocytoma) | Others | Liddle syndrome | Ectopic adrenocorticotrophic hormone |
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