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Did you take a blood test for magnesium level?
by Congeec 2mo ago
Did you take a blood test for magnesium level?
- petilon 2mo agoBlood tests are pretty useless for magnesium. The deficiency is in cells, magnesium level in blood is not a good test for that deficiency.
- orionsbelt 2mo agoThey have blood tests for both (serum or RBC): The Magnesium RBC Test measures magnesium inside red blood cells, providing a more accurate assessment of magnesium status than serum tests.
- allannienhuis 2mo agowhat is a good test for magnesium deficiency?
- petilon 2mo agoThey only have blood tests, and that's not very useful.
- m_mueller 2mo agowouldn't a cell deficiency lead to it depleting also the magnesium levels in the blood, simply based on osmosis?
- manoDev 2mo agoThe organism dumps Mg on the blood as much as necessary because it needs to remain in stable concentrations. When a serum Mg test comes out low, the patient already has severe deficiency and visible symptoms, so isn’t very useful unless you’re investigating a systemic issue. As explained by my endocrinologist.
- stouset 2mo agoIf blood concentrations drop, you die.