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Dengue infection and acute hypokalemic quadriparesis
B Joob1, V Wiwanitkit2,
1 Department of Sanitary, Medical Academic Center, Bangkok, Thailand
2 Hainan Medical University, China
Correspondence Address:
Dr. B Joob
Department of Sanitary, Medical Academic Center, Bangkok
Thailand
How to cite this article:
Joob B, Wiwanitkit V. Dengue infection and acute hypokalemic quadriparesis.J Postgrad Med 2014;60:419-419
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Joob B, Wiwanitkit V. Dengue infection and acute hypokalemic quadriparesis. J Postgrad Med [serial online] 2014 [cited 2021 Oct 20 ];60:419-419
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Sir,
The case report on "Dengue infection and acute hypokalemic quadriparesis" is very interesting. [1] This condition is a rare dengue presentation and sporadically reported. [1],[2],[3],[4] However, it should be noted that there are several possible causes of acute hypokalemic quadriparesis and it could simply be a co-morbidity associated with dengue. In this particular case, the over the counter use of acetaminophen and non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs is a confounder as these drugs can lead to renal dysfunction and consequent hypokalemic quadriparesis. [5]
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