Month: April 2021

Calcium Covid Hypocalcemia

Severity of COVID-19: Correlation with Serum Calcium levels

April 28, 2021 by admin

The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV- 2) is a newly emerging zoonotic corona virus that was discovered in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and has been identified as Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).(1) The virus’s main manifestations on patients include fever, cough and shortness of breath that can progress rapidly in some cases to […]

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What happens when calcium levels in our body are low?

April 22, 2021 by admin | 1 Comment on What happens when calcium levels in our body are low?

What happens when calcium levels in our body are low? Inadequate intake of dietary calcium from food and supplements produce no obvious symptoms in the short term. Circulating blood levels of calcium are tightly regulated. Over the long term, inadequate calcium intake causes osteopenia which if untreated can lead to osteoporosis. The risk of bone […]

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