Magnesium and inflammatory bowel disease

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Magnes1 MedicalConspiraciesium and inflammatory bowel disease.

Galland L.

 

Mg deficiency is a frequent complication of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)

demonstrated in 13-88% of patients. Decreased oral intake, malabsorption and

increased intestinal losses are the major causes of Mg deficiency. The

complications of Mg deficiency include: cramps, bone pain, delirium, acute

crises of tetany, fatigue, depression, cardiac abnormalities, urolithiasis,

impaired healing and colonic motility disorders. Serum Mg is an insensitive

index of Mg status in IBD. Twenty-four-hour urinary excretion of Mg is a

sensitive index and should be monitored periodically. Parenteral Mg requirements

in patients with IBD are at least 120 mg/day or more depending upon fecal or

stomal losses. Oral requirements may be as great as 700 mg/day depending on the

severity of malabsorption.

 

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3294519