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Hypocalcemia - infants - Symptom

Alternative Names

Calcium level - low - infants

Symptoms:

There are frequently no symptoms in babies with hypocalcemia. Sometimes, babies with low calcium levels are jittery, and rarely have seizures.

Signs and tests:

There are often no signs. Diagnosis is usually made when a blood test shows that the infant's calcium levels are low.

  • Reviewed last on: 11/27/2007
  • Deirdre O’Reilly, M.D., M.P.H., Neonatologist, Division of Newborn Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston and Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.