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Subclinical magnesium deficiency is widespread globally but often goes unnoticed because it doesn't show obvious symptoms that clinicians can easily recognize.

Despite its hidden nature, this deficiency can significantly contribute to serious cardiovascular issues, including hypertension, arrhythmias, arterial calcifications, atherosclerosis, heart failure, and an increased risk of thrombosis. It is increasingly seen as a key factor driving cardiovascular diseases.

Modern lifestyles contribute to widespread risk of deficiency due to processed foods, decreased magnesium in crops, chronic diseases, and certain medications.

There is a strong need for enhanced public health initiatives to raise awareness among both healthcare providers and patients about the risks, prevalence, and detection of subclinical magnesium deficiency.

Potential clinical signs of magnesium deficiency

• Aggression
• Anxiety
• Confusion
• Cramps (spontaneous carpopedal spasm or painful cramps of the muscles in your hands and feet)
• Disorientation
• Muscular weakness
• Neuromuscular irritability
• Pain or hyperalgesia (decreases the nociceptive threshold)
• Photosensitivity
• Tinnitus (ringing in the ears)
• Tremors
• Arrhythmias (caused by overexcitation of the heart due to enhanced depolarisation susceptibility, especially torsades de pointes or ventricular tachycardia with a prolonged QT interval)
• Calcifications (soft tissue)
• Cataracts
• Convulsions
• Coronary artery disease
• Depressed immune response
• Depression
• Hearing loss
• Heart failure
• Hypertension
• Migraines/headaches
• Mitral valve prolapse
• Osteoporosis
• Psychotic behavior
• Seizures (overexcitation of the nervous system (nerve cells), which are more likely to fire due to a reduced electric potential difference between the outer and inner surfaces of the membrane)
• Tachycardia

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