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Calcium

You have more calcium in your body than any other mineral. Calcium has many important jobs. The body stores more than 99% of its calcium in the bones and teeth to help make and keep them strong. The rest is throughout the body in blood, muscle and the fluid between cells. Your body needs calcium to help muscles and blood vessels contract and expand, to secrete hormones and enzymes and to send messages through the nervous system.

It is important to get plenty of calcium in the foods you eat. Foods rich in calcium include:

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  1. Calcium (National Library of Medicine)  
    You have more calcium in your body than any other mineral. Calcium has many important jobs. The body stores more than 99% of its calcium in the bones and teeth to help make ...
  2. Calcium Blood Test What is a Calcium Blood Test? A calcium blood test measures the amount of calcium in your blood. If there is too much or too little ... or having surgery. Why do I need a calcium blood test? Your health care provider may have ...
  3. Calcium in Urine Test What is a Calcium in Urine Test? A calcium in urine test measures the amount of calcium in your urine (pee). If your urine calcium levels are ...
  4. The mineral calcium helps your muscles, nerves, and cells work normally. Your body also needs calcium (as well as phosphorus) to make healthy bones. ...
  5. The calcium blood test measures the level of calcium in the blood. This article discusses the test to measure the total amount of calcium in your blood. About one half of the ...
  6. This test measures the amount of calcium in the urine. All cells need calcium in order to work. Calcium helps build strong bones and teeth. It is important for ...
  7. Ionized calcium is calcium in your blood that is not attached to proteins. It is also called free calcium. All cells need calcium ...
  8. ... in which there is a high level of calcium in the body ( hypercalcemia ). This causes a shift ... is almost always caused by taking too many calcium supplements, usually in the form of calcium carbonate. ...
  9. Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) arthritis is a joint disease that can cause attacks of arthritis. Like gout, ... Deposition of calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) causes this form of arthritis . The buildup of this chemical forms crystals in the cartilage ...
  10. Hypercalcemia means you have too much calcium in your blood. ... Parathyroid hormone (PTH) and Vitamin D help manage calcium balance in the body. PTH is made by ...
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