What diseases are caused by the deficiency of calcium?
Calcium is a important cation of the body so it has got vast functions and if it is deficient then leads to several disorders 1) Rickets though caused due to vit. D deficiency main cause is inability of body to take calcium due to vit. D def. Therefore main cause is deficinecy of Ca. 2) Osteomalcia in adults ( explaination as above.) 3) Osteoporesis ( explaination as above.) 4) Paget disease 5) Muscular disorders like tetany 6) Skin disordes like tanning of skin Beside these things Ca play imp. role in signal transduction so may affect many enzymes and hormones leading to various other disorders.
