Friday, March 8, 2013
Neuromuscular hyperexcitability
Hyperactive jaw jerk reflex - light tapping on the chin elicits masseyer musscle spasm- appears following decreasing Ca level < 7. (Most commons cause of outpatient HYPOcalcemia is hypoparathyroidism, which occurs commonly due to prior loss of parathyroid tissue during thyroidectomy.
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