Following are 20 common signs and symptoms of magnesium deficiency.
Muscular Cramps
Muscular signs such as twitches, cramps, and tremors are common in magnesium deficiency. Severe hypomagnesemia may also cause seizures or convulsions.
Magnesium cause a high flow of calcium into the nerve cells that can hyperstimulate the muscle nerves. The firing of the nerve signals then causes continuous relaxation and contraction of muscle groups that lead to involuntary twitching and tremors. There can be other causes of these muscular symptoms such as too much caffeine ingestion, stress, the side effect of some over the counter medications, or due to an underlying neurological disease. Therefore, you should consult your doctor to rule out the underlying cause.
If these are secondary to magnesium deficiency, studies have proved that taking magnesium supplements may relieve muscle cramps and twitches in deficient persons.