Welcome to the Quality of Life Assistant
The Quality of Life Assistant contains a number of tools developed for those living with periodic paralysis with the goal of optimizing healthy living. The QLA will allow you to systematically track the factors that impact both positively and negatively on your health. You can share this information with your physician, as a diagnostic aid, or use what you learn to enable you to manage your condition more effectively.
From the options below you can choose those which best suit your needs and lifestyle. Some people enjoy keeping meticulous records, others prefer a looser approach. Whichever you prefer, please take time to read over the QLA Log Tools. While they appear complex at first glance the instructions are very easy to follow and the information you can gain can be invaluable.
In this package you will find:
QLA Log Tools
- How to record and interpret data in your QLA Log
- Blank Forms: Three different types of page forms to record your QLA Log
Specific Trigger/Strength-Tracking Charts:
- Food and Beverage Triggers
- Environmental Triggers
- Activity Chart
- Restricted Activity
- Muscle Measurement and Assessment
Education:
- Physician's Info Sheet: Comparing the Periodic Paralyses: A Quick Overview of the Five Types
- Chart comparing all forms of PP including therapies
- Physician's Sheet: Facts About Malignant Hyperthermia
- Physician's Sheet on Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis
- Malignant Hyperthermia in Hypokalemic PP
- Physician's Sheet: Hyperkalemic PP
- Malignant Hyperthermia in Hyperkalemic PP
- Physician's Sheet: Paramyotonia Congenita and the Paramyotonia Syndromes
- Physician's Sheet: Thryotoxic PP
- Physician's Sheet: Andersen's Syndrome
- Measurements- Milliequivalents to Milligrams and vice versa
- Glossary: Explanation of terms
Medical History Forms
This series of forms will enable you to compile an organized medical history; Invaluable in emergencies or when traveling. Includes: