Posted by Larry Hoover on May 30, 2006, at 8:23:06
In reply to Re: Magnesium Citrate for Sleep? » Larry Hoover, posted by Green Willow on May 24, 2006, at 22:29:02
> Larry,
> Can you tell me what gives with the heart atrial fib thing that I get with Magnesium? And stones that I get from calcium? They say I have calcium malabsorption ~ have osteoporosis and sometimes "secondary hypoparathyroidism". I just need more info if you have thoughts to share.
> Thanks, Green WillowSecondary hypoparathyroidism is a serious disturbance in your ability to handle calcium and magnesium ions. There is a special regulatory system set up just to manage these two minerals. Yours doesn't work right.
Secondary hypoparathyroidism is really another name for primary hypercalcemia. All of your difficulties arise because you have too much calcium in your blood (assuming secondary hypo is what you have). In an attempt to down-regulate calcium concentration to normal levels, your body has over-compensated, because nothing happened when the controls shifted to balance things better. It's like when you go to turn down the sound on the TV, but you're pushing the wrong button, and you just keep pushing it.....until you realize it's the wrong button, that is. Your body has shut down all the normal ways of managing calcium because it won't stop trying to push the wrong button(s).
Even bone-building has been messed with, because your body is still pushing the wrong buttons. It seems paradoxical to have weak bone when you have too much calcium in your blood, but that's one of the outcomes.
Here's an article that hopefully will give you some ideas about your own body, and then we can talk about managing it better.
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1068.htm
Lar
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