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.
The release of ACTH is regulated by the corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) from the hypothalamus in response to normal physiologic rhythms. A variety of stressors can also influence its release, and the role of ACTH in the stress response is discussed later in this chapter.