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Parathyroid hormone: I'm considering my treatment options
Diabetes & Endocrine System | Last Active: Dec 19, 2023 | Replies (29)Comment receiving replies
Hello @tsch
As @riflemanz64 mentioned, I'm also wondering if you know your calcium levels? When high PTH levels show up, endocrinologists usually keep an eye on the calcium numbers as well. When both are elevated, that is when surgery on the parathyroid can be an issue.
You mention that you have no symptoms. Symptoms of hyperparathyroidism usually include bone loss, bone pain, and sometimes kidney stones as well. Here is some information about the symptoms of hyperparathyroidism from Mayo Clinic's website, https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hyperparathyroidism/symptoms-causes/syc-20356194.
Has your bone density been tested, @tsch?
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My calcium so far is normal. Last bone density Nov. 2020 ok, next in November 2022. I do know the symptoms, and have none of them yet. Have had all screening tests and all are ok. (Kidneys, urine, blood, bone.) Doc said I might need surgery some day and one gland is clearly overproducing, but for now, he is monitoring. PTH has been high for two years, possibly longer but not tested before January 2020. There is normocalcemic parathyroidism and that seems to be what I have. Calcium never out of range.