Have you or anyone you know been diagnosed with hyperparathyroi.
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hyperparathyroidism is due to overproduction of parathormone which is a natural hormone produced by parathyroid glands in our body. when excess quantity is secreated due to either increase in size of one or some of the total four glands present usually in our neck, behind the thyroid gland and on the side of our voice box or due to tumour formation ( benign-non cancer or cancer ) than it cause disturbance in calcium metabolism. normally the hormone is responsible for mobilization of calcium from the bone and increasing it's level in the blood. when this metabolic function starts playing at a much faster rate excess calcium is mobilized from our bones, the level of calcium in our blood rises and more of it is excreated in the urine, as kidnies try to maintain a normal body invironment by throwing our excess calcium. the symptoms of it are a group --" broken bones-fractures due to small forces, kidney stones-due to excess calcium in the urine getting supersaturated and cystellizing, abdominal grons-high levels of calcium in the blood causing our smooth muscle of the intestine to contract violently and causing abdominal spasmodic pain episodes, psychic mones-mood upsets again related to hight calcium in the blood. the treatment is identifing the exact location of the ofending parathyroid glands by various scans and then undergoing surgery to get rid of these ofending glands overproducing the parathormone. when the cause is delt with the results are bound to be good. i am a surgeon so i may be able to clear your query.
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The symptoms of hyperparathyroidism are vague and often similar to symptoms of depression, irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia or stress reaction. Complications of primary hyperparathyroidism include peptic ulcers, nephrolithiasis, pancreatitis and dehydration. Surgical management is usually indicated..this was done and my friends husband is now manageable
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