Idongesit Akpaita -present- Magnesium Imbalances in Adult (deficiencies) Magnesium is a mineral used by every organ in your body especially your heart, muscles, and kidneys. It is the 4th most abundant mineral in the body. Magnesium imbalance occur, when the blood contains have more or less magnesium than it should be in the blood. Having trouble sleeping? That could be a symptom of magnesium deficiency
Nausea and vomiting: Early signs of magnesium deficiency can include gastrointestinal discomfort such as nausea and vomiting
Blood pressure: Patients with low magnesium are more likely to have hypertension, or high blood pressure
Sleep problems: Chronic insomnia and other sleep disorders may have a link to magnesium
Calcium can sometimes act like a natural diuretic, helping the kidneys release sodium and water. Also, when calcium levels in the blood drop, parathyroid hormone (PTH) is released, which causes calcium to be released from the bones to increase calcium blood levels and PTH can raise blood pressure. Scientists are still trying to figure out how and why, but
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In analysis of the graphs created from the magnesium’s reaction pressure released over time, it appears that we may have had a possible source of error. According to our T.A., the powder should have a faster rate of reaction due to its surface area. However, in our experiment, the reaction rates were found to be similar due to the closeness of the slopes. For the first reaction (trial) of each magnesium type, we had used 0.2 grams due to a communication error. For the second reaction (trial) of each magnesium type, we used 0.02 grams. Despite the mass differences, the slopes were very close to one another but with the ribbon reactions appearing to be faster due to their slightly larger slopes. The ribbon reactions were shown to have a slope in
Though very rare, large doses of magnesium can create magnesium build up which can lead to serious side effects including:
Common symptoms include fatigue, lethargy, weight loss, headaches, constipation, nausea, insomnia, metallic taste in mouth, reproductive problems, reduced cognitive ability and a bluish line along the
After reading your post i agree with your response of not choosing Risk for Electrolyte Imbalance. Deficient Fluid Volume was more appropriate since the definition explains that there is decreased intravascular, interstitial, and/or intracellular fluid (Ladwig, Ackley, & Makic Flynn, 2014). This refers to dehydration, water loss alone without change in sodium which is an electrolyte. The symptoms, such as dry mucous membranes, thirst and dizziness that the patient in question presented with in the Emergency Room were more specific to fluid output exceeding the fluid intake.
Lastly, blood pressure is associated with ones diet and lifestyle. It is amazing when one’s diet consist of a high intake of salt they will shows signs of hypertension. Studies have shown that people who did not use salt shown no signs of hypertension. Monitoring the intake of salt will improve blood pressure readings drastically although; it is not the only contributor to high blood pressure. Increasing activity levels has also been known the lower blood pressure readings.
Thank you for your insight on electrolyte imbalances on the nervous system. Electrolytes have a lot of roles in the body, but the nervous system is probably one of the most important it seems. If the nervous system of a body is not working properly, majority of the body will lack in its performance as well. Without the electrolyte balances in the nervous system more issues will seem to happen. It is nice that because of the problems are functionally and easily fixed and the body can return to normal, but because some of the functional problems can cause organ damage is the downside. Unfortunately, no electrolyte imbalance goes without effect on the body. Because the nervous system is so important to the body and cause the issues that you
contraction led to the hypothesis that magnesium deficiency contributed to the symptoms of premenstrual syndrome and menstrual migraines. To test this hypothesis, Facchinetti, et al. (1991) performed a study of 20 who were treated with either magnesium pyrrolidone carboxylic acid 360 mg/day or placebo starting on day +15 and continuing until the start of menses for 2 cycles. Despite the small number of women in the study, those receiving magnesium had a significantly reduced number of headache days (P < 01) and a lower total pain index (P < .03) (Facchinetti, et
Some studies have shown that fibromyalgia patients have significantly lower serum and erythrocyte magnesium levels. In a research study done by Bagis et al. 2013, sixty premenopausal fibromyalgia women were treated with 300 mg/day of magnesium citrate for 8 weeks(for how long-list in the next sentence 8 wk). The subjects’ fibromyalgia symptoms were evaluated before the treatment and 8 weeks after the treatment had been provided. Patients showed a decrease in tender point index score, tender points, fibromyalgia impact questionnaire, Beck depression and Beck anxiety scores. (What percentage of patients had these results?-result showed all patients who had received treatment had better but not mentions what
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In the lab before spring break, we had to calculate the percent composition of water in 1 of the hydrated salts. We then weighed in mass for the empty test tube, put the Magnesium Sulfate in the test tube, and measured it before heating. After using a bunsen burner to take the water out of our magnesium sulfate. Following the heating, we let it cooled, and then weighed in mass. My hypothesis is that Magnesium Sulfate would lose the most amount of water because it had the most amount of water while remaining the lightest. Even though my hypothesis wasn’t the greatest explanation, I still ended up being correct that the magnesium sulfate lost the most amount of water (different of before minus after heated).
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A person should visit their doctor for the diagnosis of this disease if they have severe fatigue, muscle or joint pains, salt cravings, unintentional weight loss, and gastrointestinal problems, such as vomiting and abdominal pain and nausea.