Home Remedies for Dissolving Calcium Lumps

Calcium lumps or calcifications of tissue are a condition that can occur after an inflammation that has left behind some dead tissue. This is not a normal occurrence because the immune system is supposed to clear out all the dead tissue in the area and then the surrounding cells will multiply to make up for the loss; however, if this process of cell death called apoptosis does not occur, then the dead cells will fill up calcium and become a bone-like structure. Calcifications can happen anywhere in the body and are a major concern when cells have undergone necrosis. Necrosis is the name given to cell death that is not caused by way of the body’s normal day to day functions. This is usually the case in some insect bites and infections.

Calcifications can also be because of other reasons. There are basically two types of calcifications dystrophic calcifications and metastatic calcifications. Dystrophic calcifications do not occur because of a mineral imbalance in the body and are caused by the reasons described above – necrosis and damaged tissue. This is not absolute as some types of neoplastic growths in the body like uterine fibroids can also form with calcifications. Metastatic calcifications are a much more serious problem. This problem occurs because of a high amount of calcium in the blood that causes the creation of deposits of calcium in the body. These are the calcium lumps that can sometimes occur in any of the soft tissues of the body. Metastatic calcifications will occur in any part of the body and mostly occur in the interstitial tissue of the body. It is important to understand that calcification is not a deposition of calcium as such but rather acids reacting and creating calcium salts to form and crystallize. Once the salt of calcium is created, it can be quite difficult for the body to reverse the damage that has occurred.

The method of treating calcium bumps that are localized is to surgically remove the tissue that has been calcified. If the calcification is more widespread, as is the case in a metastatic calcification, then the first step is to regulate serum calcium levels by administering biphosphonates and calcitonin. The actual reversal of calcification has been demonstrated in some cases by the use of benzothiazepines. These are closely related to benzodiazepines and are calcium channel blockers that inhibit the release of calcium in muscles and cells. This is also a potent sedative and is a last resort of treatment for dissolving calcium lumps.