hormonal and metabolic disorders
Hypomagnesemia (Low Level of Magnesium in the Blood)
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Usually, the magnesium level becomes low because people consume less (most often, because of starvation) or because the intestine cannot absorb nutrients normally (called Overview of Malabsorption ). But sometimes hypomagnesemia develops because the kidneys or intestine excrete too much magnesium. Hypomagnesemia may also result from the following: Consuming large amounts of alcohol (common), which reduces consumption of food (and thus magnesium) and increases excretion of magnesium Protracted diarrhea (common), which increases magnesium excretion High levels ofaldosterone,vasopressin(antidiuretic hormone), or thyroid hormones, which increase magnesium excretion Medications that increase magnesium excretion, including diuretics, the antifungal medicationamphotericin B, and the chemotherapy drugcisplatin Chronic use of a Proton Pump Inhibitors (certain medications that reduce stomach acid) Breastfeeding, which increases requirements for magnesium 