My serum calcium value is 6.12.which is lower than the reference value. Is it normal or serious?

Question

Sources of calcium include: milk, cheese, curd and other dairy foods. Green leafy vegetables ? such as broccoli, cabbage and okra, but not spinach. Soya beans. Tofu. Calcium-rich nuts like brazil nuts or almonds you can take til chiki, besan ladoo, ragi kheer vor ladoo, handful of nuts, sambhar with drumsticks, milk in the form of kheer or chass (as its summer now) or lassi etc reduce your intake of caffeine, soft drinks and alcohol.

Karuna Chawla · Accepted Answer

Sources of calcium include: milk, cheese, curd and other dairy foods. Green leafy vegetables ? such as broccoli, cabbage and okra, but not spinach. Soya beans. Tofu. Calcium-rich nuts like brazil nuts or almonds you can take til chiki, besan ladoo, ragi kheer vor ladoo, handful of nuts, sambhar with drumsticks, milk in the form of kheer or chass (as its summer now) or lassi etc reduce your intake of caffeine, soft drinks and alcohol.

Chetan Kumar · Answer

Sakshi 
take some extra milk products and Brisk sun light regularly.

Fathima · Answer

Hi mam normal amount of calcium (somewhere between 8.6 to 10.3 mg/dl). You have little lower level than normal take calcium rich foods lower serum calcium may be due to defect in parathyroid glands I need your detailed case history to guide and advice you properly you can take an online consultation through Lybrate

Nived Vasudevan · Answer

No need of worries. Take a glass of cow's milk daily. Also include dates small fishes etc in your diet. As it is subnormal you can also consider to take calcium vitamin d3 supplements for 3 months.