Recovery time varies for different causes of hypocalcemia; hypocalcemia due to vitamin D deficiency can usually be cured in one year.
Hypocalcemia can be caused by vitamin D deficiency, malnutrition, hypoparathyroidism, and kidney failure. Patients may experience convulsions, numbness in the limbs, palpitations, and dry hair, and require aggressive treatment of the cause.
Hypocalcemia caused by vitamin D deficiency and malnutrition can usually be cured in one year by actively supplementing vitamin D and calcium supplements.
Hypocalcemia caused by hypoparathyroidism, renal failure and other diseases may not be completely cured after one year of recovery, and requires long-term treatment with medications, such as calcium gluconate and calcium chloride.
Hypocalcemia patients should go to the hospital in time for examination, to clarify the specific cause of the disease, in the doctor’s guidance correct treatment, through active treatment can generally achieve clinical cure.