A 6-year-old boy is brought to the ED several hours after a soccer game due to complaints of lethargy, tingling in his l

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A 6-year-old boy is brought to the ED several hoursafter a soccer game due to complaints of lethargy, tingling in hislegs, and not being able to walk due to skeletal muscle weakness.He sustained no injury during the game. He is diagnosed withHyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis (HyperPP). How does this periodichyperkalemia reduce the excitability of skeletal muscles cells?Which part of the resting/action potential is affected?Understanding this is an inherited trait the produces faultyskeletal muscle Na channels, how would you treat this patient? Howwould eating pure glucose or injections with small amounts ofinsulin provide relief?