Calcium metabolism and its disorders

Calcium metabolism is a process of maintaining sufficient calcium content by performing a series of chemical reactions in the body. Soya beans, leafy vegetables ,nuts and seaweed are the best sources for calcium content.

Calcium is an essential mineral needed for building the strong bones. Calcium protects the immune system by controlling the pH level of the body. The functionality of muscles, nerves and regulation of blood flow is controlled by the calcium .Along with calcium we need other minerals like vitamin D, Vitamin K, magnesium and boron for constructing strong bones .Bone is the main site for storing the calcium content. Around 99% of calcium content is stored in the form of calcium phosphate salt in entire skeleton body and the remaining 1% is stored in the tissues . So, most of the calcium content is stored in the form of bone.

Calcium combines with phosphorus to form calcium phosphate which forms teeth and bone in the body. Calcium is useful in both intracellular and extra cellular fluid exchange for maintaining stability in heart beat. Calcium is also useful in carrying metabolic functions of the neuromuscular cells in brain.Calcuim level in the body are found through the serum test. It shows the calcium content in the body. Calcium can be ionized easily as it has positively charged ions.
The regulation of calcium content in the body is done by the presence of Vitamin D in the parathyroid gland which is located next to the thyroid organ. This parathyroid gland releases parathyroid hormone if the body contains low level of calcium content. And in high calcium levels, parafollicular cells releases calcitonin in high rate. These cells are present in thyroid gland for controlling the sugar levels of the body.

Vitamin D and boron plays an important role in making positive interactions and absorption of calcium from the intestine. For calcium absorption, vitamin D and boron increases calcium binding proteins .
Minerals like sodium, oxalic acid, phytic acid, caffeine and cortisol makes potential negative interactions in the absorption of calcium content from the supplement we take.

Calcium metabolism disorder: calcium metabolism disorder is genetic term described to define the metabolic bone disease. This disease is caused due to excess presence or less presence of calcium content in the body. Hypocalcaemia is referred to low calcium content and hypocalcaemia is referred to high calcium content. Menkes, Osteoporosis, hypophosphatemia, hypomagnesaemia, cancer and hypocalcaemia are the disease caused by the calcium metabolism disorder .
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