MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY IN CHILD NEUROLOGY: WHAT SHOULD A PAEDIATRICIAN KNOW?

Abstract

Deficiency of micronutrients in a diet of the modern children increases risk of the formation of chronic neurologic and somatic pathology. Magnesium deficiency, which initiates a various neurologic symptomatology, has a particular importance in the progress of nervous system diseases at children. Diagnosis of neurologic manifestations of a micronutrient deficiency requires comprehension of the main mechanisms of their development, and also peculiarities of laboratory diagnostics. In treatment of consequences of a magnesium deficiency the special role belongs to the micronutrient stock replacement (medication, alimentary) combined with traditional methods of treatment of neurologic disorders.

Keywords

• children
• magnesium
• deficiency
• nervous system
• treatment
• diagnosis