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Newguest Posted 13 years ago
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Deposit calcium into
Hi
Sometimes the body gets it wrong and makes extra bone where it’s not supposed to be.
It is called a bone spur, and it’s really painful. Or it can deposit calcium into little gravelly
bits in the joints. Or the body may harden it into kidney stones!
Does it mean the body can deposit calcium in the joints in the form of gravelly bits (sand)?
By the way: I understand that "harden it" refers to these "gravelly bits" not to calcium?
Sometimes the body gets it wrong and makes extra bone where it’s not supposed to be.
It is called a bone spur, and it’s really painful. Or it can deposit calcium into little gravelly
bits in the joints. Or the body may harden it into kidney stones!
Does it mean the body can deposit calcium in the joints in the form of gravelly bits (sand)?
By the way: I understand that "harden it" refers to these "gravelly bits" not to calcium?
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Newguest Does it mean the body can deposit calcium in the joints in the form of gravelly bits (sand)? Yes, except for the description as "sand". "gravelly" implies something a bit coarser than sand, and sand is silicon dioxide anyway.
- Newguest Does it mean the body can deposit calcium in the joints in the form of gravelly bits (sand)?
- Yes, except for the description as "sand".
- "gravelly" implies something a bit coarser than sand, and sand is silicon dioxide anyway.
- Newguest By the way: I understand that "harden it" refers to these "gravelly bits" not to calcium?
- "it" refers to calcium (it cannot refer to "gravelly bits" because the latter is plural).
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NewguestDoes it mean the body can deposit calcium in the joints in the form of gravelly bits (sand)?Yes, except for the description as "sand". "gravelly" implies something a bit coarser than sand, and sand is silicon dioxide anyway.
NewguestBy the way: I understand that "harden it" refers to these "gravelly bits" not to calcium?
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NewguestDoes it mean the body can deposit calcium in the joints in the form of gravelly bits?Yes. It's written in a way that suggests that the gravelly bits are already there, and the body deposits the calcium into those bits, but that's not what it means.
NewguestI understand that "harden it" refers to these "gravelly bits" not to ca
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