Low Magnesium
Maybe one of the ways to remember the causes of a low magnesium is to remember the areas involved in magnesium homestasis. So we need to think about routes in (eg diet) and routes out (gut and kidneys).
Input
Alcohol
Poor diet
Output
Gut
Malabsorption
Diarrhoea
Fistula
Kidneys
Diuretics
Nephrotoxic drugs
Click below to continue
Frusemide
http://www.clinbiochem.info/chartmagnesium2.pdf