Abstract
Since more than six decades ago, liquorice extracts have been used as treatment of gastroduodenal ulcers or Addison’s disease, as adjuvant sweetener in medical mixtures and even as a sweet for children. However, the first case reports on severe side effects of liquorice consumption were observed in the Netherlands back in the 1940s [1]. Hypokalaemic respiratory muscle paralysis due to liquorice consumption remains a rare but potentially life-threatening condition, usually accompanied by a generalized muscle weakness or flaccid tetraparesis [2–5]. Here, we report an unusual presentation of this disorder as monoparesis of the lower limb.
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