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What medical term means abnormally low concentration of calcium in the blood?
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∙ 8y ago
Calcium is important for healthy bone and tooth. But excessive presence of calcium in blood may cause some problems, such as tiredness, loss of appetite, vomiting.etc. It may also cause diarrhea leading to dehydration and thirst. Sometime with high calcium in blood may cause confusion and a person may become unconscious. High calcium level in blood may indicate excessive secretion of parathyroid hormone which should be treated. High calcium in blood also indicate bone disease. Excessive drinking of milk and frequent intake of antacids can increase calcium level in blood.
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What is acidemia?
Acidemia (or acidaemia) is a medical condition marked by an abnormally high concentration of hydrogen ions in a person's blood.
What does Calcitonin causes?
a decrease in the blood concentration of calcium
What is the medical term meaning abnormally shaped red blood cells?
Sickling
What is the hormone that activates Vitamin D on blood calcium levels?
Cholecalciferol is a steroid hormone that regulates body levels of calcium. It is a form of Vitamin D. Parathyroid hormone increases the concentration of calcium in the blood.
What hormone pairs are antagonists that regulate blood calcium ion levels?
Parathyroid hormone (PTH) and calcitonin regulate blood calcium levels. PTH increases the calcium concentration in the blood, and calcitonin decreases it.
What is the medical term meaning high calcium?
Hypocalcemia is the condition resulting from abnormally low levels of calcium in the blood.
What is acidemia?
Acidemia (or acidaemia) is a medical condition marked by an abnormally high concentration of hydrogen ions in a person's blood.
Describes an abnormally low concentration of glucose in the blood?
hypoglycemic
What is Abnormally high concentration of glucose in the blood called?
Hyperglycemia
What is the medical term meaning hormone that increases concentration of calcium and phosphates in the blood?
Parathyroid moves calcium and phosphate from the bone into the blood; it then works at the kidneys to increase the elimination of phosphate.
Which term describes an abnormally high concentration of glucose in the blood?
Hyperglycemia.
What is hypo proteinemia?
an abnormally low concentration of protein in the blood. and its hypoproteinemia
What is apoxemia?
Apoxemia is an abnormally low concentration of oxygen in arterial blood.
Does parathormone increase or decrease calcium levels in the blood?
It increases the concentration of calcium in the blood. Calcitonin decreases blood calcium levels.
What does Calcitonin causes?
a decrease in the blood concentration of calcium
What is the medical term meaning abnormally shaped red blood cells?
Sickling
What is the Medical term for more than normal blood calcium level?
Hypercalcemia is a medical term for excessive calcium in the blood.
