What is hypomagnesemia?
Hypomagnesemia is a condition where the level of magnesium, or electrolyte, in the blood is low.
As a rule, during the diagnosis of hypomagnesemia, the amount of other electrolytes (calcium and potassium) is also decreased.
Hypomagnesemia, also known as magnesium deficiency, may be mild or severe.
Magnesium is a useful electrolyte and is essential for the functioning of the brain, heart, and muscles.
When magnesium levels are low, the following symptoms occur:
- Trembling;
- Muscle spasm, convulsion;
- Numbness of limbs;
- Involuntary convulsive eye movements;
- Fatigue and weakness.
During acute hypomagnesemia, the following signs appear:
- Arrhythmia;
- Delirium;
- Attack.
The causes are:
- The body does not receive the recommended dose of magnesium;
- Excess magnesium is expelled from the gastrointestinal tract or kidneys (that is, with feces and urine);
- Hunger;
- The person has a violation related to alcohol and there are no nutritional value products in the diet;
- The patient is critically ill and due to the disease cannot take food in a natural way (that is, he cannot eat and receives food intravenously).
In some clinical cases, it is difficult for the body to absorb magnesium due to gastroenterological diseases.
Sometimes the cause is genetic syndromes, against the background of which it is difficult to absorb magnesium properly.
Source:
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/23264-hypomagnesemia
