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Hypomagnesaemia is a condition where the blood magnesium levels are abnormally low, due to electrolyte disturbances.  
Hypomagnesaemia is a condition where the [[Blood|blood]] magnesium levels are abnormally low, due to [[electrolyte|electrolyte]] disturbances.<br>


=== Looking at the disease on a cellular level ===


Transcellular transport creates an electrical gradient (where the basolateral membrane is negatively charged) for [[Magnesium|Mg<sup>2+</sup>]] absorption via the paracellular pathway in the thick ascending [[Loop_of_Henle|Loop of Henle]]. This then causes magnesiun [[Ions|ions]] to be excreted in the urine.<br>


'''Looking at the disease on a cellular level:'''
Note that hypomagnesaemia is not the same as magnesium deficiency, as one can be present without the other <ref>http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/2038394-overview#a0104</ref>.<br>


Transcellular transport creates an electrical gradient (where the basolateral membrane is negatively charged) for Mg<sup>2+</sup> absorption via the paracellular pathway in the thick ascending Loop of Henle. This then causes magnesiun ions to be excreted in the urine.
=== Symptoms:  ===


*Electrolyte disturbances
*Nausea
*Vomiting
*Muscle Weakness
*Neuromuscular Dysfunction
*Tachycardia
*Cardiac Arrythmias
*Kidney Stones
*Renal Failure<br>


=== References ===


 
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Note that Hypomagnesaemia is not the same as magnesium deficiency, as one can be present without the other.
 
 
 
'''<u>Symptoms:</u>'''
 
'''<u></u>'''- Electrolyte disturbances<br>- Nausea<br>- VomitinD<br>- Muscle Weakness<br>- Neuromuscular Dysfunction<br>- Tachycardia<br>- Cardiac Arrythmias<br>- Kidney Stones<br>- Renal Failure

Latest revision as of 15:34, 21 October 2012

Hypomagnesaemia is a condition where the blood magnesium levels are abnormally low, due to electrolyte disturbances.

Looking at the disease on a cellular level

Transcellular transport creates an electrical gradient (where the basolateral membrane is negatively charged) for Mg2+ absorption via the paracellular pathway in the thick ascending Loop of Henle. This then causes magnesiun ions to be excreted in the urine.

Note that hypomagnesaemia is not the same as magnesium deficiency, as one can be present without the other [1].

Symptoms:

  • Electrolyte disturbances
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Muscle Weakness
  • Neuromuscular Dysfunction
  • Tachycardia
  • Cardiac Arrythmias
  • Kidney Stones
  • Renal Failure

References

  1. ↑ http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/2038394-overview#a0104


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