Hyperparathyroidism Support Group

Hyperparathyroidism is overactivity of the parathyroid glands resulting in excess production of parathyroid hormone (PTH). Increased PTH consequently leads to increased serum calcium (hypercalcemia) due to 1) increased bone resorption, allowing flow of calcium from bone to blood, 2) reduces renal clearance of calcium, and 3) increases intestinal calcium absorption.

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TheEditor 06/21/2013

Greetings,

The Board seems to be a bit slow, so I thought I'd toss this out. I noticed on one of Norman's "graphs", that there tends to be fewer complaints of symptoms as calcium levels increase, while those with only moderately raised levels seem to have more symptoms. Anyone care to venture a guess?

Regards, Brenden.

cc22 06/21/2013

I don't have any theory for this but I have to wonder if it may be a case of people having more than one thing going on. Of course if your calcium gets really high it definitely can cause problems. For myself I don't seem to "fit" into any of Dr. Norman's charts. Calcium in the 10s and no complaints for one thing.

deleted_user 06/21/2013

Your right the board has been slow.You know if you google hypercalcemia it give you the same symptoms as hyperparathyroidism, but one day I went to the lab for bloodwork I felt so good that I was sure everything would come back normal and I would be done with this mess,but no 11.1 cal pth 56 the next time I tested I felt like hell bone pain and nausea both acting up.result were 10.4 cal pth 70 go figure.

deleted_user 06/22/2013

Try reading this, very interesting:

http://blog.parathyroid.com/parathyroid-cysts-hyperparathyroidism/

Hi CC!

cc22 06/22/2013

Hey NP-that is an interesting article and has me wondering if I have a cyst instead of an adenoma. That might explain why I have such extremes in PTH levels, high one time, almost nothing other times. Although I still don't have the typical symptoms and like bonezz feel good even when PTH is high.

deleted_user 06/23/2013

Kinda what I was thinking, only for so long I was bad most of the time and only felt good for maybe up to 3 days, no longer. I wonder if it includes that?

I know I have at least one cyst on my atrophied thyroid. They don't rule out hyperparathyroidism. Ultra Sound next month.

deleted_user 06/23/2013

Have to say Normal that was a good article.Good luck on the U.S. next month.

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