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People who inherit familial periodic paralysis often develop very low blood potassium concentrations. How would you explain that the paralysis may disappear quickly when potassium ions are administered
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People who inherit familial periodic paralysis often develop very low blood potassium

concentrations. How would you explain that the paralysis may disappear quickly when potassium
ions are administered intravenously?

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The answer I think would be
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When potassium is injected intravenously it is pumped back by the sodium-potassium pump(Na+-K+). Then, resting potential is reestablished and causes the nerves to go back to their normal state (muscles contract normally.)
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