RESUMENLa hipopotasemia puede dar una clínica variada pero es frecuente que curse de forma asintomática o con síntomas inespecíficos si es de escasa cantidad. En nuestro medio las causas de la hipopotasemia son variadas pero una de las etiologías más frecuentes en paises en vías de desarrollo son los cuadros diarreicos. Presentamos un cuadro de hipopotasemia severa debida a diarrea que se manifestó con intensa clínica neurológica pero que mejoró espectacularmente con tratamiento habitual.PALABRAS CLAVE: Hipopotasemia. Paraplejia. Diarrea.
ABSTRACTHipokalemia can give a variety of sintomatology but more often courses without it or with inespecifyc clinical manifestations. In our enviroment the etiology of hipokalemia is wide but one of the most common causes in third world countries are diarrheas. We describe a case of severe hipokalemia due to acute diarrhea which was maniffested with severe neurologyc sintoms but improves with conventional treatment.
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