Tetany is the term for the muscle contractions that may be caused by hypoparathyroidism.
Sudden hypercalcemia can cause vomiting and coma
hyperkalemia as it may cause heart arrythmias and sudden death, where hypokalemia generally just causes malaise, muscle weakness and tetany. hyperkalemia as it may cause heart arrythmias and sudden death, where hypokalemia generally just causes malaise, muscle weakness and tetany.
Tetany
tetany
This condition is called tetany, which is characterized by involuntary muscle contractions caused by decreased levels of calcium in the blood. It can result in symptoms such as muscle twitching, cramps, and spasms.
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unfused (incomplete) tetanus
Tetany
Deffinately. It depends greatly on how low your actual calcium is but I suffer from hypocalcemia and my bones ache alot along with muscle cramps and tetany.
Muscle tetany occurs in muscles without absolute refractory period. The stimulus for contraction comes before the preceding contraction/relaxation is over leading to multiple action potentials without a refractory period. It does not occur in cardiac muscle because it has absolute refractory period during which the muscle cannot be excited, thus making tetany impossible
parathyroid gland