trust me, you will know when it's bad. There are few things in this world that smell as bad as a rotten potato. It may also be slimy. Those 'barnacle things' are fine. The potato is a root, those things are just shoots. Rub them off and you'll be fine.
Malignant hyperthermia (MH) is a rare, inherited skeletal muscle syndrome that presents as a hypermetabolic reaction triggered by exposure to volatile anesthetic gases or the depolarizing muscle relaxant, succinylcholine. 1,2 The incidence of MH is difficult to quantify.
ACTH then causes the adrenals to release cortisol into the bloodstream. The adrenals are a part of the hypothalamus / pituitary / adrenal axis (HPA axis). There is a complicated communication system that creates cross talk via neurotransmitters and hormones.