How do I know if I am calcium deficient

We all know that calcium is particularly important for the human body. If the human body lacks calcium for a long time, it will not only cause osteoporosis but also muscle weakness. Especially for some growing children, if they lack calcium, it is likely to cause developmental deformities and other developmental defects. Therefore, calcium should be supplemented in time. So how do you know if you are calcium deficient?

The scientific and simple method is to go to the hospital to measure the blood calcium level. The normal blood calcium level of a person is maintained at 2.18-2.63 mmol/L (9-11 mg/dL). If it is lower than this range, it is considered calcium deficiency. However, for the elderly over 60 years old, due to physiological reasons, the long-term compensatory increase of parathyroid hormone in the elderly causes "calcium migration" and increases blood calcium. In this way, the measurement results cannot truly reflect the calcium content in the body. At this time, bone density measurement should be performed.

In daily life, we can also perform self-diagnosis based on some symptoms.

(1) Children

When a child shows the following symptoms, he should be diagnosed with calcium deficiency: difficulty falling asleep, difficulty entering a deep sleep, crying after falling asleep, easy to wake up, sweating after falling asleep; paroxysmal abdominal pain, diarrhea, cramps, sternum pain, "X"-shaped legs, "O"-shaped legs, pigeon chest, gray nails or white marks; anorexia, picky eating; irritability and restlessness during the day; delayed intellectual development and speaking; late learning to walk, starting after 13 months; late teething, starting after 10 months, sparse, irregular, and loose teeth, black pointed or jagged teeth; sparse hair; poor health and prone to colds, etc.

(2) Youth

Teenagers who are deficient in calcium will feel obvious growing pains, weak legs, cramps, and poor performance in physical education classes; they will also experience fatigue, irritability, lack of concentration, and easy tiredness; picky eating and anorexia; tooth decay and poor tooth development; and they will be prone to allergies and colds.

(3) Young and middle-aged people

Generally speaking, young and middle-aged people have heavy life pressure, and the intense pace of life often makes them neglect some physical discomfort. In addition, there are no typical symptoms of calcium deficiency in this age group, so it is easy to conceal the condition. If you have symptoms such as frequent fatigue, weakness, cramps, back pain, allergies, and susceptibility to colds, you should suspect that you are calcium deficient.

(4) Pregnant and lactating women

Calcium deficiency is more common among women in extraordinary times. However, with the popularization of knowledge on eugenics and good parenting, people are more familiar with the symptoms of calcium deficiency during this period. When they feel loose teeth; weak limbs, frequent cramps, numbness; back pain, joint pain, rheumatic pain; dizziness, and suffer from anemia, prenatal hypertension syndrome, edema and insufficient milk secretion, they should be diagnosed with calcium deficiency.

(5) Elderly people

After adulthood, the human body gradually enters a period of negative calcium balance, that is, calcium absorption decreases and excretion increases. Most elderly people suffer from calcium deficiency due to calcium loss. The symptoms they self-diagnosed include itching due to senile skin diseases; pain in the heels, lumbar spine and cervical spine; loose and falling teeth; obvious hunchback and decreased height; loss of appetite, gastrointestinal ulcers, constipation; frequent dreams, insomnia, irritability and anger, etc.

Of course, the most reliable way to check whether you are calcium deficient is to go to the hospital and ask a specialist to check and diagnose you, and then take medication under the doctor's guidance.

How to determine calcium deficiency in children?

Maomao is 6 months old and plump. Recently, he often cries at night and is not as lively as before. His mother took him to the hospital for a checkup. The doctor determined that Maomao is calcium deficient. Why is this?

Because children grow rapidly and have little outdoor activities and sun exposure, they often suffer from insufficient calcium absorption, leading to various symptoms of calcium deficiency. Whether a child is calcium deficient can be judged from the following aspects:

① It is often manifested as excessive sweating, which is unrelated to temperature, especially sweating on the head after falling asleep, which causes the child's head to constantly rub against the pillow. After a long time, a bald circle can be seen behind the skull.

② Being irritable and not interested in the surroundings. Sometimes parents find that their children are not as lively as before.

③ Night terrors, often waking up suddenly at night and crying incessantly.

④ Children over 1 year old show late tooth eruption. Some children still have no teeth at 1 and a half years old. The closure of the anterior fontanelle is delayed and often still does not close after 1 and a half years old.

⑤The forehead is high and protruding, forming a square head.