Using a frayed toothbrush can cause receding gums. Receding gums expose tooth roots to the air, causing pain and potential tooth loss if the cause of the condition isnât identified and treated. The condition is particularly common in people over age 40, according to the California Dental Association.
Therefore, to correct for an albumin level of less than 4 g/dL, one should add 0.8 to the measured value of calcium for each 1-g/dL decrease in albumin. Without this correction, an abnormally high serum calcium level may appear to be normal.
Absolute lymphocyte counts <1500/mm3 may also be seen with protein malnutrition.2 In severe malnutrition, albumin has been reported as <2.5 g/dL, total lymphocytes as <800/mm3 and TIBC as <150 Î¼g/dL.2. Albumin levels â¤2.0â2.5 g/dL may be the cause of edema (eg, nephrotic syndrome, protein-losing enteropathies). Albumin, prealbumin, and transferrin are regarded as ânegativeâ acute phase reactants (ie, these proteins decrease with acute inflammatory/infectious processes).