TITLE:
Magnesium in Women’s Health and Gynecology
AUTHORS:
Shawna Tonick, Ozgul Muneyyirci-Delale
KEYWORDS:
Magnesium, Calcium, Hypomagnesemia, Women’s Health
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Vol.6 No.5,
April
28,
2016
ABSTRACT: Magnesium is well known in the world of obstetrics for many important
uses. It has been utilized in treating pre-eclampsia, eclampsia, and preventing
preterm labor, though it has been found recently that prolonged magnesium
administration in pregnant women may result in adverse outcomes to fetal bone
metabolism, resulting in a new FDA warning [1]. Outside of obstetrics, magnesium
is recommended for treating the arrhythmias torsades de pointes and rapid
atrial fibrillation, treating severe acute asthma, improving migraine symptoms,
and for treating dyspepsia and constipation [2]. Many women in our modern
society are magnesium deficient due to low dietary intake, and low dietary
magnesium intake resulting in hypomagnesaemia has recently been shown to have
many deleterious effects. Magnesium’s uses are wide-reaching, touching many
areas of women’s health and gynecology from pre-menstrual syndrome to
menopause, PCOS to endometriosis, and beyond.