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Hypophosphatemia: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments

What is the effect of Phosphate in the body?

The mineral phosphorus is present in the charged particle known as phosphate. Your body requires phosphorus for a number of vital bodily processes, such as:

  • Establishing and maintaining your teeth and bones.
  • Enhancing the nerves’ performance.
  • Mobilizing your muscles.

Your bones hold 85% of the phosphorus that is present in phosphate. The remainder is kept in tissues all over your body.

Phosphorus and phosphorus are nutrients you obtain through diet. A typical healthful diet contains 1000–2000 mg of phosphate per day. Your intestines absorb 600 to 1200 mg of this total.

To absorb phosphate, your body needs vitamin D. By removing excess phosphate and excreting it through urine, your kidneys aid in regulating the amount of phosphate in your blood. If you have low phosphate levels, your kidneys can reabsorb phosphate instead of filtering it out.

Your blood’s calcium and phosphate levels are influenced by one another. In contrast, calcium and phosphate react. Phosphate levels in the blood fall when blood calcium levels rise.

The amount of calcium and phosphate in your blood is regulated by a hormone called parathyroid hormone (PTH) [1], which is secreted by your parathyroid glands. Underneath their thyroid gland, the butterfly-shaped gland in your neck, the majority of people have four pea-sized parathyroid glands. Like your thyroid, your parathyroid glands are part of your endocrine system [2].