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==Overview== | |||
==Physical Examination== | ==Physical Examination== | ||
* [[Tetany (medical sign)|Tetany]], carpopedal spasm are seen. | * [[Tetany (medical sign)|Tetany]], carpopedal spasm are seen. | ||
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** [[Chvostek's sign]] (tapping of the inferior portion of the [[zygoma]] will produce facial spasms) | ** [[Chvostek's sign]] (tapping of the inferior portion of the [[zygoma]] will produce facial spasms) | ||
* Tendon reflexes are hyperactive | * Tendon reflexes are hyperactive | ||
==Clinical Features Associated with Hypocalcemia=== | |||
* [[Abdominal pain]] | * [[Abdominal pain]] | ||
* [[Alopecia]] | * [[Alopecia]] | ||
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[[Category:Nephrology]] | [[Category:Nephrology]] | ||
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Overview
Physical Examination
- Tetany, carpopedal spasm are seen.
- Latent tetany
- Trousseau sign of latent tetany (eliciting carpal spasm by inflating the blood pressure cuff and maintaining the cuff pressure above systolic)
- Chvostek's sign (tapping of the inferior portion of the zygoma will produce facial spasms)
- Tendon reflexes are hyperactive
Clinical Features Associated with Hypocalcemia=
- Abdominal pain
- Alopecia
- Anxiety
- Atopic eczema
- Biliary colic
- Brittle nails
- Bronchial spasm
- Calcification of cerebral cortex or cerebellum
- Cardiomyopathy
- Choreoathetosis
- Chvostek's sign
- Coarse hair
- Confusion
- Congestive heart failure
- Delayed tooth eruption
- Disorientation
- Dry skin
- Dysphagia
- Dyspnea
- Dystonic spasms
- Enamel hypoplasia
- Exfoliative dermatitis
- Extrapyramidal signs due to calcification of basal ganglia
- Fatigue
- Impaired intellectual ability
- Impetigo herpetiformis
- Increased dental caries
- Increased intracranial pressure
- Irritability
- Laryngeal spasm
- Muscle cramps
- Nonspecific EEG changes
- Papilledema
- Paresthesia
- Parkinsonism
- Personality disturbances
- Polymyositis
- Prolonged QT interval in EKG
- Psoriasis
- Psychoneurosis
- Psychosis
- Seizures (focal, petit mal, grand mal)
- Shortened premolar roots
- Subcapsular cataracts
- Tetany
- Thickened lamina dura
- Trousseau's sign
- Wheezing