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m_muellertoday at 2:14 PM2 repliesview on HN

wouldn't a cell deficiency lead to it depleting also the magnesium levels in the blood, simply based on osmosis?


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manoDevtoday at 2:27 PM

The 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.

stousettoday at 3:16 PM

If blood concentrations drop, you die.