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My husband has hupokalemic periodic paralysis, triggered by a bad bout of norovirus in 2008. It's a joke in the periodic paralysis community that if you haven't been diagnosed with conversion disorder (the go-to psychiatric disorder for doctors who can't explain physical symptoms) you don't have HKPP! Not the easiest to diagnose, but probably more common than it seems. Basically the ion channels in cells don't function properly: they open up, allows potassium in, then lock closed, trapping potassium in the cells. This paralyzes the muscle, and the rest of the body doesn't have enough potassium to function properly. If the patient drinks potassium solution (and no, bananas do NOT help), it equalizes the potassium inside and outside of the cells, allowing the ion channels to open and normal functioning to resume. Take a look at https://periodicparalysis.org/
Thanks, @ronjar. You sound like a friend who really helps and does research for those in need. I appreciate your posting your findings to the post-COVID group here for all to see.