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hypocalcemia
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hypocalcemia [‚hī·pō‚kal′sē·mē·ə]
(medicine)
Condition in which there are reduced levels of calcium in the blood.


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By far the two major causes of metabolic disease seen at this time are hypocalcaemia (milk fever) and hypomagnesaemia (staggers).
15 Severe hypermagnesemia includes nausea, vomiting, hypocalcaemia, and can cause parasympathetic blockade, fixed dilated pupils, and neuromuscular blockade mimicking a midbrain syndrome.
On the other hand, low plasma iPTH, which causes hypocalcaemia, is found in primary hypoparathyroidism and secondary hypoparathyroidism.
 
 
 
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