Lab Diagnosis of Magnesium Deficiency
by Herbert C. Mansmann, Jr. M.D.
The definition of magnesium deficiency (MgD) is “a reduction in the total body Mg content” (Welt 1965) (Elin 1988). This includes any test for Mg content that is decrease below the lowest normal reference level in any of the laboratory methods of measuring Mg regardless of the body sample studied. For years the medical profession has recognized that serum magnesium (sMg) less than 1.7mg/dL (1.32mEq/L or 0.7mmol/L) was diagnostic of MgD, a serious medical problem.
Vitamins and Minerals, How Much to Take?
by Herbert C. Mansmann, Jr. M.D.
In 1990, Sheldon Saul Hendler, M.D., Ph.D., a biochemist at the University of California, San Diego, wrote “Although consumption of the so-called well-balanced diets still thought by some to supply all the vitamins (and minerals) we need in quantities sufficient for the maintenance of good health, there are many situations that place people at an increased risk for vitamin (and mineral) insufficiency (deficiency) states.
Magnesium Deficiency Causes
by Herbert C. Mansmann, Jr. M.D.
The diet of high income Americans only contains 120 mg of Mg per 1,000 calories. The Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine has set Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) at 350 mg of elemental Mg per day. Who do you know that eats at least 3,000 calories per day? Over time this low daily intake of Mg leads to a low Total Body Mg Content.
Self Care of Magnesium Deficiency
by Herbert C. Mansmann, Jr. M.D.
A comprehensive review of the magnesium literature failed to disclose any articles describing self-care or self-management of normomagnesemia magnesium (Mg) deficiency (NMgD) requiring oral dosing with Mg supplication (MgS). A review of eleven books on Mg, mostly research conference proceedings, likewise showed a lack of interest in this essential modality of clinical medical care.
Magnesium, Calcium and Osteoporosis
by Herbert C. Mansmann, Jr., M.D.
Everyone needs Magnesium. Well persons also, yet the American diet of middle class women provides much less than the 360 mg per day, the old RDA, and our American diet gives us only 120 mg per 1,000 calories per day. Now will all of you that eat 3,000 cal a day please rise!! Therefore all Americans need Mg.
Assume Responsibility for Your Stress
by Herbert C. Mansmann, Jr., M.D.
Purpose
The purpose of this document is to illustrate how one acquires the coping skills to be able to manage his own stress and stress related problems. This will significantly decrease magnesium (Mg) deficiency (MgD) and all of its problems in those that are successful at learning the coping skills.
Magnesium in the Brain, MS Patients
Abstract:
Magnesium (Mg) concentrations were studied in the brains of 4 patients with definite multiple sclerosis (MS) and 5 controls. The magnesium contents were determined by inductively coupled plasma emission spectrometry in autopsy samples taken from 26 sites of central nervous system tissues, and visceral organs such as liver, spleen, kidney, heart and lung.
Magnesium Lowers Blood Pressure
Magnesium supplementation can cause small but significant decreases in blood pressure, according to a report by Dr. Yuhei Kawano and colleagues of the National Cardiovascular Center in Osaka, Japan. The study enrolled 60 persons aged 33 to 74 years. All participants received either a daily magnesium supplement (480 milligrams) or placebo over two separate 8-week periods.
Magnesium Pump
HISTORY AND ADMISSION FINDINGS:
A 28-year-old man, known to have abnormal intestinal magnesium absorption, presented with recurrent cerebral seizures. Despite daily intravenous sulphate infusions, magnesium concentration remained inadequate. Physical examination was unremarkable. INVESTIGATIONS: Serum magnesium concentration was markedly reduced to 0.48 mmol/l. The parenteral magnesium tolerance test indicated reduced enteric magnesium absorption of < 20%. Absolute magnesium concentration in 24-hour urine was normal at 6.3 mmol/24 h, but high in proportion to the hypomagnesaemia. All other laboratory data were within normal limits.
Metabolic Alkalosis
Metabolic alkalosis is common–half of all acid-base disorders as described in one study [1] . This observation should not be surprising since vomiting, the use of chloruretic diuretics, and nasogastric suction are common among hospitalized patients. The mortality associated with severe metabolic alkalosis is substantial; a mortality rate of 45% in patients with an arterial blood pH of 7.55 and 80% when the pH was greater than 7.65 has been reported [2] . Although this relationship is not necessarily causal, severe alkalosis should be viewed with concern, and correction by the appropriate intervention should be undertaken with dispatch when the arterial blood pH exceeds 7.55.