By Jonas Wilson, Ing. Med.
Calcifying Disorders: An Overview
Any build up of calcium in body tissue where calcium is usually not found may be considered as calcification. Calcium is predominantly found in our bones and teeth and uses the bloodstream as a means of travelling to these physiological locations. A very small amount of calcium, approximately one percent, is found elsewhere in the body including muscles and the blood itself. When calcium salts are abnormally deposited in unusual physiological sites, like soft tissue (cartilage, vessels, valves, etc.), this may result in hardening of such tissue.
Calcifying disorders may be classified based on whether or not there is any balance of salt deposition or on the location of the calcium
Calcifying Disorders: An Overview
Any build up of calcium in body tissue where calcium is usually not found may be considered as calcification. Calcium is predominantly found in our bones and teeth and uses the bloodstream as a means of travelling to these physiological locations. A very small amount of calcium, approximately one percent, is found elsewhere in the body including muscles and the blood itself. When calcium salts are abnormally deposited in unusual physiological sites, like soft tissue (cartilage, vessels, valves, etc.), this may result in hardening of such tissue.
Calcifying disorders may be classified based on whether or not there is any balance of salt deposition or on the location of the calcium