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A bone test is needed when you are experiencing symptoms of bone deterioration. The deficiencies a bone test may look for include calcium deficiency, phosphorus-inorganic deficiency as well as Vitamin D deficiency. A bone test is done by submitting your serum/blood to the lab. These bone tests pertain to finding the traces of the deficiencies in your blood. There is also a bone scanning done but that is done for a different purpose.
Your bones may break easily (brittle bones). They may get deformed. Here are some symptoms of the various bone problems you may get due to the deficiencies mentioned above:
It is important to get a bone test done as early as possible
- Muscle cramps
- Weak and brittle nails
- Joint stiffness
- Bones easily breaking
- Irregular breathing
- Weakness
- Changes in body weight
- Bone pain
- Bone deformity
- Mood swings
- Constant fatigue
Due to calcium deficiency, you can develop a disorder like osteoporosis. The deficiency of calcium is also called hypocalcaemia. This deficiency triggers confusion and memory loss. It can lead to depression and hallucinations. Sudden muscle cramps can leave you immobilized. You easily fracture bones. Your bones also may get permanently disfigured. Calcium also plays an important role as a neurotransmitter. Calcium deficiency can trigger seizures even in otherwise healthy people.
Phosphorus-inorganic deficiency is called hypophosphatemia. It can lead to frequent bone fractures and constant pain in the bones. You lose your appetite. You may experience numbness in various parts of your body. You can become confused and disoriented. Your teeth begin to decay.
Another bone test problem is Vitamin D deficiency. In the absence of Vitamin D your muscles become weak and break easily. You constantly experience weakness, fatigue and mood swings. It can lead to respiratory infections including pneumonia, bronchitis and sinusitis. Your body needs Vitamin D to be able to absorb calcium. In most of the cases, people are Vitamin D deficient when they get less exposure to sunlight or to be precise, ultraviolet rays of the sun. But Vitamin D cannot be used by your body as it is. It must go through a process of transformation that occurs in your liver. This is where Vitamin D is converted into a chemical called 25-hydroxyvitamin D. It is also calcidiol.
What causes calcium deficiency?
- Low levels of Vitamin D (it is used to absorb calcium).
- Medications that cause calcium deficiency such as corticosteroids.
- A physical condition such as pancreatitis.
- Septic shock.
- Massive blood transfusions.
- Lack of calcium-rich diet.
- “Hungry bone syndrome” – a rapid, profound and prolonged hypercalcaemia that normally happens after a surgery for hyperparathyroidism.
What causes phosphorus-inorganic deficiency?
- Lack of healthy food.
- Prolonged starvation.
- Diabetes.
- Anorexia.
- Alcoholism.Inherited disorders.
What causes Vitamin D12 deficiency ?
- Lack of enough sunshine,
- especially ultraviolet rays.
- Excessively vegetarian diet.
- Weight loss surgery.