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Dengue fever presenting as quadriparesis due to hypokalaemia: a rare presentation.

Syed Muhammad ZubairSyed Ahsan AliSaira Furqan
Published in: BMJ case reports (2019)
Dengue is one of the leading causes of arthropod borne viral haemorrhagic fever. Majority of the times, it clinically manifests as fever, arthralgia and rash; however, we present a case of a young man who presented with progressively increasing weakness of all four limbs. Initial investigations showed low potassium, hence he was managed as hypokalaemic periodic paralysis. With initial history of fever and low platelets, dengue was suspected. Dengue antibody was checked which came out to be positive. Potassium was replaced which led to improvement in power of his limbs. He was discharged in a stable condition with a diagnosis of dengue with hypokalaemic quadriparesis.
Keyphrases
  • zika virus
  • aedes aegypti
  • dengue virus
  • sars cov
  • red blood cell