What Are the Causes of Calcium Deposits on the Lungs?

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What Are the Causes of Calcium Deposits on the Lungs? | eHow More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Ulf Torsslow | permalink
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Your doctor believes you may have a calcium deposit (or calcification) on or in your lung. He may also use the term: 'pulmonary calcification'. While calcium deposits in the lung are usually benign (non-cancerous), they can become malignant. Calcium deposits should be monitored both to prevent cancer, and because many of the conditions that...

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Lungs & Calcium | LIVESTRONG.COM More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Kasey | permalink
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Calcium is a necessary mineral for bone health. In certain conditions, however, calcium may form small growths in the lungs or other organs. When a calcium growth appears in the lungs, it is called a pulmonary granuloma, according to MayoClinic.com. A number of different medical conditions can result in pulmonary granulomas, or they may appear in...

For further reading: http://www.livestrong.com/article/294342-lungs-calcium/ ^[2]

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Lung Cancer Causes, Symptoms, Treatment - Lung Cancer Diagnosis - eMedicineHealth More
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Learn about lung cancer causes, symptoms, stages, treatment, survival rates, and prognosis. See pictures of lung cancer. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S.

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Remove Calcium Deposits On Lungs - Doctor answers on HealthTap More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Alex Lutsky | permalink
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Doctors give trusted answers on uses, effects, side-effects, and cautions: Dr. Frasie on remove calcium deposits on lungs: This can happen after an...

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Calcification and Its Treatment with Magnesium and Sodium Thiosulfate More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Arda Ural | permalink
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Cardiac CT showing calcified plaques. Calcium plays a central role in the electrical stimulation of cardiac cells and in the mechanical contraction of smooth muscle cells in the wails of arteries. Calcium is essential to health yet it holds a hidden danger that brings us to our graves much quicker then we would like. Calcium …

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The calcified lung nodule: What does it mean? More
Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago by Keith Kropp | permalink
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The aim of this review is to present a pictorial essay emphasizing the various patterns of calcification in pulmonary nodules (PN) to aid diagnosis and to discuss the differential diagnosis and the pathogenesis where it is known. The imaging evaluation ...

For further reading: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2883201/ ^[6]

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1. http://www.ehow.com/facts_5561954_causes-calcium-deposits-lungs.html

2. http://www.livestrong.com/article/294342-lungs-calcium/

3. http://www.emedicinehealth.com/lung_cancer/page5_em.htm

4. https://www.healthtap.com/topics/remove-calcium-deposits-on-lungs

5. http://drsircus.com/medicine/magnesium/calcification-and-its-treatment-with-magnesium-and-sodium-thiosulfate

6. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2883201/