{"id":49519,"date":"2020-10-13T08:30:15","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T08:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=49519"},"modified":"2022-08-16T08:04:50","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T08:04:50","slug":"hypocalcemia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/hypocalcemia\/","title":{"rendered":"Hypocalcemia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Low calcium levels in the blood.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>An abnormally low concentration of calcium in the blood, hypercalcemia.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Abnormally low level of calcium in the blood, due to hypoparathyroidism, vitamin D deficiency, kidney malfunction, or other disorder. Mild hypocalcemia produces few signs; severe cases lead to cardiac arrhythmias and tetany.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The presence in the blood of an abnormally low concentration of calcium.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Abnormally low blood calcium. This condition occurs transiently in patients with severe sepsis, severe pancreatitis, burns, and acute renal failure. It also may result from multiple transfusions with citrated blood, parathyroidectomy, malabsorption, and medications such as protamine, heparin, and glucagon. Chronic hypocalcemia may be caused by chronic renal failure, hypoalbuminemia, and malnutrition. Clinical manifestations in chronic hypocalcemia include muscle spasm, carpopedal spasm, facial grimacing, possible convulsions, and mental changes such as irritability, depression, and psychosis. Treatment consists of calcium infusions and appropriate therapy for the causative disease.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Low calcium levels in the blood. An abnormally low concentration of calcium in the blood, hypercalcemia. Abnormally low level of calcium in the blood, due to hypoparathyroidism, vitamin D deficiency, kidney malfunction, or other disorder. Mild hypocalcemia produces few signs; severe cases lead to cardiac arrhythmias and tetany. The presence in the blood of an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-h"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hypocalcemia - Definition of Hypocalcemia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Low calcium levels in the blood.An abnormally low concentration of calcium in the blood, hypercalcemia.Abnormally low level of calcium in the blood, due to hypoparathyroidism, vitamin D deficiency, kidney malfunction, or other disorder. Mild hypocalcemia produces few signs; severe cases lead to cardiac arrhythmias and tetany.The presence in the blood of an abnormally low concentration of calcium.Abnormally low blood calcium. This condition occurs transiently in patients with severe sepsis, severe pancreatitis, burns, and acute renal failure. It also may result from multiple transfusions with citrated blood, parathyroidectomy, malabsorption, and medications such as protamine, heparin, and glucagon. Chronic hypocalcemia may be caused by chronic renal failure, hypoalbuminemia, and malnutrition. Clinical manifestations in chronic hypocalcemia include muscle spasm, carpopedal spasm, facial grimacing, possible convulsions, and mental changes such as irritability, depression, and psychosis. 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This condition occurs transiently in patients with severe sepsis, severe pancreatitis, burns, and acute renal failure. It also may result from multiple transfusions with citrated blood, parathyroidectomy, malabsorption, and medications such as protamine, heparin, and glucagon. Chronic hypocalcemia may be caused by chronic renal failure, hypoalbuminemia, and malnutrition. Clinical manifestations in chronic hypocalcemia include muscle spasm, carpopedal spasm, facial grimacing, possible convulsions, and mental changes such as irritability, depression, and psychosis. 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