High blood calcium levels are never normal.
What is interesting is that many patients I see have had an elevated calcium level and the next response from their doctor is to recheck it. Often the second level will be normal as calcium varies day to day. The important thing is to recheck again.
Symptoms of a high calcium vary hugely. The standard advice is that calcium has to be high (nearly 3.0mmol/l) to cause symptoms.
This is wrong. Many patients with mild elevations of calcium have symptoms and indeed are at risk of osteoporosis. One of the reasons for this is that some patients will be passing out lots of calcium in the urine.
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Sunday 24 October 2010
Thursday 14 October 2010
Parathyroid disease and kidney stones
Parathyroid disease causes high blood calcium levels
In many patients the kidneys will attempt to clear the excess calcium and this can result in stones forming within the urinary tract system resulting in pain and occasionally damaging the kidneys.
Patients with kidney stones should have calicum levels checked and if they have had stones more than once should in addition have a 24 hours urine collection for calcium levels.
Patients with kidney stones due to parathyroid disease should almost always have parathyroid surgery
http://www.bucksendocrine.com/
http://www.thyroidsurgeon.org.uk/
In many patients the kidneys will attempt to clear the excess calcium and this can result in stones forming within the urinary tract system resulting in pain and occasionally damaging the kidneys.
Patients with kidney stones should have calicum levels checked and if they have had stones more than once should in addition have a 24 hours urine collection for calcium levels.
Patients with kidney stones due to parathyroid disease should almost always have parathyroid surgery
http://www.bucksendocrine.com/
http://www.thyroidsurgeon.org.uk/
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