Calcium Deficiency Disease Learning Center

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Hypocalcemia, a low bood calcium level, occurs when the concentration of free calcium ions in the blood falls below 4.0 mg/dL (dL=one tenth of a liter).

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Symptoms
Symptoms of severe hypocalcemia include numbness or tingling around the mouth or in the feet and hands, as well as in m...
Causes
Symptoms of severe hypocalcemia include numbness or tingling around the mouth or in the feet and hands, as well as in m...
Tests
Hypocalcemia has several causes, and hence a full diagnosis requires assessment of health of the parathyroid gland, kid...
Treatments
Where low serum magnesium levels occur, concurrently with hypocalcemia, the magnesium deficiency must be corrected to e...
Drugs
  • calcium carbonate
  • calcium chloride
  • calcium citrate
Supplements
  • cholecalciferol
  • ergocalciferol
  • vitamin D
Risk Factors
  • Alcohol consumption
  • cimetidine
  • Hyperphosphatemia
Complications
The prognosis for correcting hypocalcemia is excellent. However, the eye damage that may result from chronic hypocalcem...
Prevention
Hypocalcemia resulting from magnesium deficiency tends to occur in chronic alcoholics, and this type of hypocalcemia ca...

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