Milk-alkali syndrome causes

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Currently, the main cause of milk-alkali syndrome is calcium carbonate consumption, mostly in postmenopausal women for osteoporosis prevention or treatment or in patients on glucocorticoid therapy (for example in organ transplantation), and chronic renal disease.

Currently, the main causes are:

Betel nut chewers in the Far East (due to the lime paste (calcium oxide and calcium hydroxide) consumed during betel nut chewing)
There have been reports of milk-alkali syndrome in pregnant women.