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Elevated parathyroid hormone (PTH): How is it treated?
Diabetes & Endocrine System | Last Active: Oct 15 5:15pm | Replies (157)Comment receiving replies
I am getting frustrated with my doctor, have had slighly high calcium levels for years off and on, finally checked pth and it is high and has been for awhile, looked at one other time it was checked back in 2005, yep 2005 and it was high then but ignored. Doctor now checked bone density in knees and says it good but D3 is low so now i will be taking 50000 units once a week and 2000 units once a day for 3 months. My calcium is 10 right now, down from 11.3 so he says that is normal so no problem. Yep I feel awful and have been having erratic high blood pressure that doesn't respond to meds for very long....oh when he did a scan in his office like ones they do on pg ladies it showed thyroid or parathyroid nodules....
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@dianechapman My elderly mom had similar numbers for blood calcium scores and parathyroid problem caused by a tumor that went on for a few years. She had surgery and a blood test during surgery to confirm they were removing the correct one of the 4 parathyroid glands in her case. Her calcium levels returned to normal after that, but it caused thinning of her bones and a week after the surgery, she fell and broke her pelvis, her foot and her ankle, and spent 3 months in a rehab facility. You might want to get another opinion with a specialist in parathyroid issues. Another thing about calcium supplements according to my doctor is that it should be balanced with vitamin K2. I take K2D3 from Orthomolecular. You can also get K2 in your diet, but it is needed so you don't deposit the calcium in your blood vessels.
Here are some links that may be of interest regarding this type of parathyroid surgery and hypercalcemia (high blood calcium)
https://www.mayoclinic.org/medical-professionals/endocrinology/news/a-missed-parathyroid-adenoma-a-case-from-the-endocrine-teaching-clinics/mcc-20422649
https://www.mayoclinic.org/medical-professionals/endocrinology/news/role-of-focused-parathyroidectomy/mac-20431037
https://www.mayoclinic.org/departments-centers/endocrine-surgery/sections/tests-procedures/orc-20472056
Thyroid nodules can be benign, but should be checked out. I have multiple nodules with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. I have had a needle biopsy of my thyroid to rule out cancer, and my nodules have reduced in size over a few years. I had all my silver dental amalgam fillings removed which according to my doctor were leaching mercury and impacting my thyroid, and after removal, the blood tests that measure the level of antibodies that I have against my thyroid dropped dramatically. I also take Naturethroid which is desiccated pig thyroid hormones which have all the components the body needs. Some patients cannot convert the components in the synthetic thyroid medicines such as Levothyroxin.
https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/what-is-hashimotos-disease/
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hashimotos-disease/symptoms-causes/syc-20351855