Milk-alkali syndrome
Definition
Milk-alkali syndrome is an acquired condition in which there are high levels of calcium (hypercalcemia) and a shift in the body's acid/base balance towards alkaline (metabolic alkalosis).
Milk-alkali syndrome is an acquired condition in which there are high levels of calcium (hypercalcemia) and a shift in the body's acid/base balance towards alkaline (metabolic alkalosis).
Causes ...
Milk-alkali syndrome is now very uncommon because non-antacid treatments for indigestion, gastric ulcers, and peptic ulcer disease have replaced most excessive antacid use.
Milk-alkali syndrome
Chronic ingestion of Ca carbonate antacids provides Ca and HCO3 load; hypercalcemia decreases and GFR prevents elimination of the excess HCO3 load
Contraction alkalosis* ...
Excessive calcium intake (also called milk-alkali syndrome)
HIV/AIDS
Hyperparathyroidism
Infections that cause granulomas such as tuberculosis and certain fungal and mycobacterial infections
Metastatic bone tumor
Milk-alkali syndrome ...
milk-alkali syndrome, which is an increased blood calcium level caused by ingesting large amounts of calcium and antacids
osteolytic bone disease, which is any disease that destroys bone ...
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Metastatic calcification involves a systemic calcium-phosphate mineral imbalance, which can be caused by renal failure, milk-alkali syndrome, or other etiologies.
[edit] Tumoral calcinosis ...
Excess calcium intake (milk-alkali syndrome)
Malignant disease (second most common cause) - multiple myeloma, breast cancer, bronchus, thyroid, prostate, renal cell, lymphoma.
Other endocrine disease - Thyrotoxicosis, Addison's disease.
Excess vitamin D (hypervitaminosis D) from diet or inflammatory diseases
Hyperthyroidism
Kidney failure
Massive amounts of calcium in diet (milk-alkali syndrome)
Not moving for long periods of time ...
Milk-Alkali syndrome ... constipation
Mitochondrial Parkinson's disease ... constipation
Morphine overdose ... constipation
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 ... constipation
Multiple Myeloma ... constipation
Multiple system atrophy ...
milk-alkali syndrome
Milkman's syndrome
Millard-Gubler syndrome
Miller Fisher syndrome
Mirizzi's syndrome
mitral valve prolapse syndrome
mixed connective tissue disease
Mobius' syndrome
Mohr's syndrome
Monakow's syndrome ...
 See also: Kidney, Hyperparathyroidism, Cancer, Symptom, Hypercalcemia
  
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