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I have a very high calcium score. What next?

Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Dec 5 11:11am | Replies (384)
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@SusanEllen66

@christianzane
Blood calcium is different. It is measured when you have blood drawn.
Calcification of the arteries is basically the aging process

Blood calcium is regulated by the 4 parathyroid glands we have behind our thyroid gland.
Please “Google” parathyroid gland so you can check it out.

I had to have one removed because it caused high blood calcium levels and gave me a stroke.

Susan

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christianzane | @christianzane | Mar 1, 2023

High calcium in the arteries in not the all due to the 'aging process'. Yes as people get older 'some' and probably will get some degree of calcium in their arteries. I know people in their late 60s with scores of 0, and teenagers with scores over 100. Genetic disposition, lifestyle factors, diet, vascular injury, inflammation, and repair all play a huge role beyond aging. It is present in 90% of men and 67% of women older than the age of 70, thus it leave the rest of those older folks with none.

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