4th Pediatric Infectious Diseases Conference
 
 
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Question
I have a patient, 9 years old, female with good health, complains only of tooth grinding during sleep. On routine investigation we discover that her serum Calcium is 7.5 mg/dl. We repeat the test after 12h fasting, the result is the same. She has tooth problem but good skeleton and body weight. After a year of maintainence dose of Calcium and Vitamin D and egg milk cheese food, the result is the same. The question is why this Calcium is low? What tests to do else? What is the treatment?
Answer
Since you have given calcium supplements for a year and still the calcium is low, one needs to evaluate the same. Do a complete calcium, phosphorus, alkaline phosphatase. Also ionic calcium may be useful. Also rule out hypercalciuria. Also rule out a kidney disease and rickets and vitamin D deficiency.
 
 
 
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