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Excess calcium in the body can cause the milk-alkali syndrome -Wikipedia. This often takes a combination of:
The most common symptoms are:
These adverse effects were reversed when the regimen stopped, but some had long term spells of vomiting and it was fatal in some patients. Milk alkali syndrome declined in men after effective treatments for peptic ulcer disease arose. During the past 15 years milk alkali syndrome has been reported in women who:
Excessive calcium intake can lead to hypercalcemia, complications of which include
A very famous medical text book Harrison's: The Princals of Internal Medicine 14th Edition has chapter 323 titled, Arthritis Due to Depostion of Calcium Crystals, a section with Calcium HA Depostion Disease and lists in Table 323-2 "milk alkali syndrome". The features of this disease are many and include:
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