HubHip: Health: Conditions and Diseases: Nutrition and Metabolism Disorders: Vitamins and Minerals: Deficiency, Dependency and Toxicity: Calcium: Hypocalcemia (5)

DescriptionIn medicine, hypocalcaemia is the presence of low serum calcium levels in the blood, usually taken as less than 2.2 mmol/L or 9mg/dl or an ionized calcium level of less than 1.1 mmol/L (4.5 mg/dL). It is a type of electrolyte disturbance. It mainly occurs due to a deficiency of parathyroid hormone, inefficient parathyroid hormone, or deficiency of Vitamin D.

   

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