Adults with low copper micronutrient, meaning that serum copper is lower than the normal level, may be caused by malnutrition, hypoproteinemia, renal metabolic dysfunction and so on.
1. Malnutrition: If there are poor dietary habits such as excessive dieting or picky eating, or due to gastrointestinal obstruction, dysphagia, chronic diarrhea and other eating difficulties, malabsorption of nutrients and other conditions, may lead to serum copper lower than normal levels.
2. Hypoproteinemia: hypoproteinemia may be caused by organic protein synthesis disorders, protein distribution abnormalities, insufficient protein intake or malabsorption, resulting in lower than normal total serum protein, which can easily lead to the lack of essential trace elements, so serum copper can be reduced phenomenon.
3. Renal metabolic dysfunction: If the patient has abnormal renal metabolic function, such as nephritis, renal failure, nephrotic syndrome, etc., it is easy to cause a large amount of copper loss, which results in the phenomenon of low serum copper.
Adults with low copper micronutrient, it is recommended to go to the regular hospital in time to find out the cause and timely treatment.