CONNECTIVE TISSUE GLAND
ENDOCRINE
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Question
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Inadequate calcium levels may produce a nervous excitability and muscle spasms known as ____
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acromegaly
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myxedema
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SIADH
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tetany
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Tetany is a symptom characterized by the involuntary contraction of muscles that usually results from low calcium levels in the blood (i.e., hypocalcemia). Common symptoms of tetany include numbness around the mouth, muscle cramps, and paresthesias affecting the hands and feet.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hypocalcemic tetany (HT) is the consequence of severely lowered calcium levels (<2.0 mmol/l), usually in patients with chronic hypocalcemia. The causal disease for hypocalcemic tetany is frequently a lack of parathyroid hormone (PTH), (e. g. as a complication of thyroid surgery) or, rarely, resistance to PTH.
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