What medical conditions cause the body to lose a lot of calcium?
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Some people apparently require extra calcium to make up for losing a lot of it due to a medical condition. Which conditions cause the body to lose a lot of calcium?
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Some people apparently require extra calcium to make up for losing a lot of it due to a medical condition. Which conditions cause the body to lose a lot of calcium?
January 7th, 2010 at 11:39 am
Hypovitaminosis D, your body needs vitamin D to absorb calcium. Without it, the calcium in your body will go to use or be wasted. Nate
January 7th, 2010 at 9:35 pm
An adenoma on the parathyroid gland will cause the body to take calcium from the skeleton. Jim
January 10th, 2010 at 1:29 am
The most common ones are menopause and inactivity. So if you’re a 60 year old female couch potato, you’re in trouble. Renal osteodystrophy is pretty common, too. Excluding renal failure, other forms of hyperparathyroidism are somewhat less common. John de Witt
January 11th, 2010 at 9:18 pm
The condition is called hypocalcemia and it has many root causes and even more secondary and tertiary causes. Some of the common root causes are:
Thyroid Dysfunction
Vitamin D Deficiency
Hypermagnesemia
Hypomagnesemia
Some of the common secondary and tertiary causes are:
Absent PTH (Parathyroid hormone)
Eating Disorders
Genetics
Age
Many illnesses and diseases
Renal (Kidney) problems
Women-Menstrual cycle related issues (menopause, peri-menopause, etc.) ToxLabRat