Osteoarthritis
When a patient was treated from Osteoarthritis, should she check for her Ca+ levels periodically?
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no need
Thank you Mohamed.
Osteoarthritis is a disease of joint damage, mainly due to repetitive use and advanced age. Measuring the blood calcium level is not an indicator of anything related to this disease.
Even in osteoporosis, no need to measure calcium level; calcium blood level indicates only its level in blood not in the bones. We measure the bone density not Ca level in blood.
Thank you Mohamed!
You are welcome
What about vitamin D?
Low blood level of vitamin D may be a risk factor of osteoporosis. We can measure it initially but no need to measure it periodically unless it is low initially and we measure it to see if it is corrected or not. The majority of Canadian people have vitamin D deficiency and we ,as healthcare practitioners, should stress on taking vitamin D and calcium from diet first before giving taking them in the form of tablets.
Wonderful and scientific-based answer, thank you so much for your efforts. 😄
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