Hypocalcemia and Hypomagnesemia

Why is hypocalcemia always associated with hypomagnesemia, and unresponding hypocalcemia will responde to magnesium correction if so whats the connection behind it?

Authored By sampath kumar on Thursday 25th April 2013
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Debkumar Chowdhury
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Clinical Fellow Surgery - West of Scotland
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Posted about 7 years ago

One of the main actions of Magnesium is that of being a co-factor. It also helps in the regulation of absorption of Magnesium from food in the intestines, and it also regulates the transport of calcium ions from the outside of cells across the cell mem

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R Hutch
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Posted about 7 years ago

I don't think that Hypocalcemia is not ''always'' associated with hypomagnesia. However, one role of magnesium is to stimulate secretion of PTH. Low magnesium (and high levels of magnesium) can result in reduction of PTH secretion

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