Magnesium was: CFRD and GD any links?

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Dawn,

I don't get individual CF Parents emails; I read the posts from the

web whenever I get a chance.

In the past year, I've compiled quite a store of information about

magnesium and magnesium deficiency and how it pertains to symptoms

seen in CF.

If you (or anyone else) wants the information I've collected, then

please feel free to write me at kimpayne@.... I'll send you

attachments that help explain how crucial magnesium is, and also

cites sources for more information so you can figure out appropriate

dosing and find the right type of magnesium supplement to take.

Sometimes it takes experimenting with different types of magnesium to

see which works best.

Kim

-- In cfparents@y..., Dawn Meeks wrote:

Say we can't get our doc.s to do the magnesium levels

test. How much does an adult, child, toddler, infant

need to supplement their diet with?

Dawn mom of 4, 6 and under, the youngest wcf

-- paynekimj wrote:

Jen,

I'm willing to bet you won't find a link between a mom having

gestational diabetes and giving birth to a child with CF. Remember

that it takes a CF gene from both parents to produce a child with CF.

However, as you know, whenever you go to a new doctor and fill out

forms about family history, you are generally asked if there are any

family members with heart disease, diabetes, etc. (I keep waiting

for the day that CF will show up on that list!).

You also asked if you having GD might increase the risk of your child

developing CFRD (CF related diabetes) later.

Personally, I believe beyond a shadow of a doubt that in *true* cases

where diabetes and arthritis are diagnosed as " CF related " that

these are both preventable!

It is absolutely criminal that medical doctors have pretty much

shrugged off and accepted that some people with CF will " develop "

CF-related diabetes and/or CF-related arthritis.

I acknowledge that SOME people will develop diabetes, but this

CF-related stuff is a joke. If you want to do a study, do a study on

people diagnosed with CFRD and CFRA and tell me what their

intracellular magnesium levels are.

Magnesium is crucial to proper insulin regulation and cell signaling.

Magnesium is necessary for keeping calcium in the bones. When

magnesium deficiency exists then calcium leaches from the bones and

migrates to the tissues and joints. Then you end up with --- drum

roll, please --arthritis! AND you end up with osteoporosis, which is

another thing doctors now watch for in people with CF.

What causes magnesium deficiency? Improper diets, malabsorption (gee,

we don't see THAT in CF do we?). Also, three medications strongly used

in people with CF deplete magnesium:

1) aminoglycoside antibiotics such as tobramycin, TOBI

2) albuterol

3) theophylline

So if you want to help prevent " CF related " diabetes and arthritis,

then start taking magnesium supplments and demand that your doctors

begin checking intracellular magnesium levels at least once a year!

Checking blood levels isn't effective since only 1% of magnesium is

found in the blood. 60% is in bone, 40% in cells. If you do a blood

test and it shows you're low on magnesium, then studies show that low

magnesium really means you're SEVERELY low. If blood levels show

normal range, then you're actually low range.

Just remember that magnesium needs to be spaced AT LEAST two hours

before or after taking macrolide antibiotics such as Zithromax. And if

you have kidney involvement, you should first consult with your

kidney specialist before supplementing magnesium.

Kim