Tetany

Tetany!!

What is Tetany: Treatment: Causes:
 * Tetany is a condition in which your muscles spasm and cannot relax. This uncontrollable muscle contraction makes it impossible for you to relax your muscles. Because your body typically requires one set of muscles to relax for muscles with the opposing action to contract, tetany can effectively paralyze parts of your body. Tetany can affect any muscle in the body, but it is most noticeable when it affects skeletal muscles, which are under voluntary control.
 * restore the calcium and associated mineral balance within the body
 * treatment with intravenous calcium and careful monitoring of heart function and airway status are required.
 * severe diarrhea and kidney disease.
 * Problems with your thyroid or pancreas can create low calcium levels, which may cause tetany
 * Pregnancy, breastfeeding, malnutrition, vitamin D deficiency, and some medications may also cause hypocalcemia, leading to tetany.[[image:anatomyandphysiologyendocrinesystem/tetanyws.jpg width="320" height="240"]]