Tingles, Tetany, and Electrolyte Derangements

Cureus. 2020 Apr 27;12(4):e7854. doi: 10.7759/cureus.7854.

Abstract

We report a patient who presented with anxiety, hyperventilation, perioral paresthesia, and tingling in the fingers associated with hypomagnesemia, hypocalcemia, and hypokalemia. We discuss the possible mechanistic basis for sequence of events that may have led to this presentation.

Keywords: chronic kidney disease; electrolyte disturbances; general internal medicine; genetic syndromes; hypocalcemia; hypokalemia; hypomagnesemia; mechanisms; paresthesia; tetany.

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  • Case Reports