Short answer
If you suspect magnesium deficiency, get a serum magnesium test. Include magnesium-rich foods (nuts, greens, legumes) in your diet and consult your doctor to correct the condition.
Magnesium deficiency is a common condition that can cause muscle cramps, fatigue, and irregular heart rhythms.
The mechanism in three steps, and where you can intervene.
Trigger
Insufficient dietary magnesium intake, chronic stress, alcohol abuse, or taking certain medications (diuretics, proton pump inhibitors).
Mechanism
Magnesium is involved in 300+ biochemical reactions, including ATP synthesis, nervous system function, and muscle contraction. Its deficiency disrupts these processes.
Symptom
Muscle cramps, eyelid twitching, fatigue, irritability, sleep disturbances, arrhythmias and high blood pressure.
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If you suspect magnesium deficiency, get a serum magnesium test. Include magnesium-rich foods (nuts, greens, legumes) in your diet and consult your doctor to correct the condition.
A baseline panel for the most common causes.
The main test to assess the level of magnesium in the blood. Low values confirm deficiency.
Magnesium and calcium are closely related. Magnesium deficiency can lead to impaired calcium metabolism.
Magnesium affects potassium levels. Magnesium deficiency may be accompanied by hypokalemia.
Vitamin D deficiency can aggravate magnesium deficiency, as it is involved in its absorption.
How each marker relates to magnesium deficiency.
Magnesium deficiency often occurs due to an unbalanced diet rich in processed foods. Chronic stress increases the need for magnesium, as it is used to maintain the functioning of the nervous system. Some diseases (diabetes, gastrointestinal diseases) and medications (diuretics, antibiotics) can also reduce magnesium levels.
The main test is serum magnesium (normal: 0.7–1.1 mmol/l). Additionally, it is worth checking calcium, potassium and vitamin D, as their levels are interrelated. In Axioris you can download PDFs with analyzes and track the dynamics of indicators.
Consultation with a doctor is necessary for severe symptoms (convulsions, arrhythmia), chronic diseases, or taking medications that affect magnesium levels. Your doctor may prescribe magnesium supplements and adjust your diet.
You should not take high doses of magnesium on your own without testing - this can lead to an imbalance of other electrolytes. It is also important to consider that the level of magnesium in the blood does not always reflect its total content in the body.
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Magnesium is found in nuts (especially almonds and cashews), pumpkin seeds, spinach, legumes, dark chocolate and whole grains. Including these foods in your diet helps maintain magnesium levels.
For mild deficiencies, nutritional correction may be sufficient. However, in case of severe deficiency or malabsorption, the doctor may prescribe magnesium supplements.
Stress increases the excretion of magnesium through the kidneys and increases its consumption to maintain the functioning of the nervous system. Therefore, chronic stress is often accompanied by magnesium deficiency.
Magnesium citrate, malate and glycinate have good bioavailability. Magnesium oxide is less absorbable, but is often used in supplements due to its high concentration of elemental magnesium.
In Axioris, you can upload test results for magnesium and other electrolytes, track their dynamics and receive reminders for repeat tests. This helps to monitor the condition and adjust diet or treatment in time.
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