21 Weird Ways Your Body Might React To Hypoparathyroidism

2. Muscle Twitches And Spasms

Individuals affected by hypoparathyroidism may experience muscle twitches and spasms, which occur because of the irregularly low calcium levels in the blood of those with low levels of parathyroid hormone. The same mechanism that causes a hypoparathyroidism patient to feel weakness and fatigue can also result in frequent muscle twitches and spasms. In hypocalcemia, the nerves are unable to send impulses between each other as efficiently as they should. Muscles are also unable to relax and contract as instructed by the impulses sent by the nerves. Because these mechanisms are malfunctioning at the same time, only partial electrical impulses will make it from the nerves, through the nerve path, and to the muscles in the patient's body. This can result in muscles that spasm or contract but fail to relax as they should. Twitches occur as the muscles receive erratic electrical signals from the nerves due to poor conduction. The muscle twitches and spasms that occur in hypoparathyroidism may be mild for some patients and considerably painful for others.