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Elevated parathyroid hormone (PTH): How is it treated?

Diabetes & Endocrine System | Last Active: Sep 23, 2023 | Replies (150)
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@mayruth

I believe the body secretes PTH around 2 to 4 AM. And, labs are usually not open after around 3 PM. My PTH is always normal. They put more reliance now on serum calcium, ionized calcium and PTH and much less on urine calcium. I don’t know if my urine calcium is higher just because my kidneys work well now and remove most calcium from my blood.

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Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | Oct 17, 2021

Hello @mayruth and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect.

I can certainly understand your confusion and also why you want to treat this problem so that you have relief from the symptoms that bother you.

I'm wondering what type of doctor is following this problem? If you are not currently seeing an endocrinologist, this would be a good specialist for a second opinion.

Have you had a CT scan of the neck? This test can show an adenoma on the parathyroid.

I look forward to hearing from you again. Will you post an update?

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