What will happen if you are severely calcium deficient

Severe calcium deficiency will have a serious impact on our physical health, causing long-term insomnia, cramps, blurred vision, and joint and bone pain. For women, it will also accelerate the aging of the face.

1. Pain in bones and joints

Due to lack of exercise, the body's physical immunity will decrease accordingly, and the absorption of calcium will also be relatively weakened. Over time, it will lead to calcium deficiency in the body, which will cause pain in the joints and bones.

2. Prone to cramps

Calcium deficiency can cause cramps in the body. This is because calcium ions play a very important physiological role in human blood. They can stabilize the nerve cell membrane, prevent abnormal discharge activities of membrane potential, reduce the excitability of nerve muscles, participate in muscle contraction, reduce the permeability of capillaries and cell membranes, and participate in the synthesis of neurotransmitters in cells. When the blood calcium concentration is low, external exercise increases the excitability of the nerves and muscles. Low concentrations of calcium ions enter the cells, seriously interfering with the normal function of nerve cells, increasing their excitability and making them prone to discharge under weak stimulation, resulting in convulsions.

3. Waking up suddenly during sleep

In fact, this is a warning sign of calcium deficiency in the body. Because if the calcium concentration in the muscles is insufficient, the muscle excitability will increase, and even when you are sleeping, you will feel the muscle fibers spontaneously contract or even cramp.

oh! By the way, calcium deficiency can also cause kicking of the bed and grinding of teeth!

4. Insomnia

Calcium is an important substance that is indispensable for brain neuron metabolism. Adequate calcium can effectively inhibit the excitability of brain nerves and prevent abnormal nerve excitement from causing symptoms of insomnia and dreaminess. For every 1% decrease in calcium content in brain neurons, mental arousal increases by 10%.

5. Blurred vision

Calcium is involved in the physiological activities of the optic nerve and is also responsible for maintaining the elasticity of the eyeball. If there is insufficient "eye calcium", your vision will become blurry.

6. Skin aging

Magical calcium can also maintain the integrity of skin cell membranes. When the calcium ion concentration in body fluids decreases, the cell membrane becomes more permeable, and the skin and mucous membranes are more easily penetrated by water, causing itchy skin. The skin's elasticity will also decrease, which can easily induce inflammation such as allergies. In addition to improving cell membrane permeability, adequate calcium supplementation itself also has anti-allergic effects.