Re: calcium deposits - was Re: sea vegetables

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<<Something like 70% of people with gluten intolerance have this problem (and

get oseopenia). They also tend to form calcium deposits in strange places.>>

Heidi,

Is there a 'name' for this condition [calcium deposits in stange places]?

TIA

Dedy

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>Heidi,

>

>Is there a 'name' for this condition [calcium deposits in stange places]?

>

>TIA

>Dedy

Actually that is my unscientific summary of the whole syndrome ... officially

they are all named according to where the calcium deposit IS.

There are calcium deposits in the brain (occipital calcifications)

in the kidney (kidney stones), on the bone (bone spurs) and

I think on arteries (?). Celiacs are prone to all of them ...

seems like the only place they don't deposit calcium is

in their bones.

A more scientific list of symptoms you can get below -- I pasted a few excerpts.

http://www.aafp.org/afp/980301ap/pruessn.html

A child with intractable seizures, occipital calcifications and folate

deficiency due to celiac disease

underwent therapeutic resection of the right occipital lobe and remained

seizure-free for four years.26

Pathologic examination of brain tissue revealed a cortical vascular abnormality

with patchy pial

angiomatosis, fibrosed veins and large, jagged microcalcifications. These

abnormalities were similar,

although not identical, to those found in patients with Sturge-Weber syndrome.

Because of calcium's essential role in muscle contractility, its blood

concentration is carefully regulated. Decreased absorption of calcium causes

the parathyroid to activate osteoclasts to maintain normal calcium levels.

Osteoclasts secrete alkaline phosphatase.

Musculoskeletal

Bone pain (osteopenic bone

disease)

Calcium, vitamin D and protein

malabsorption

Hypocalcemia, hypophosphatemia,

increased serum alkaline phosphatase

level

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Tetany

Calcium, magnesium, vitamin

D malabsorption

Hypocalcemia, hypophosphatemia,

increased serum alkaline phosphatase

level, hypomagnesemia

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Amenorrhea, infertility, impotence Malabsorption with proteincalorie

malnutrition

Low serum protein levels; may have

abnormalities in gonadotropin secretion

Probable vitamin D and

calcium deficiencies

Increased alkaline phosphatase,

increased serum parathyroid hormone

-- Heidi