I had the same issue. Parathyroid levels SHOULD be depressed when calcium is high. My calcium levels are always 10.2-11.4. Have you had Vitamin D levels checked. Calcium and Vitamin D and parathyroid are all interconnected. Being hyperthyroid can also cause high calcium levels (even if it is intermittant). I was absolutely convinced I had hyperparathyroidism a couple months ago but apparently I do not. Usually if calcium levels come back high, the first thing the doctor will do is repeat the test.
I was tested for calcium and parathyroid. These are the results:
Parathyroid 15 (10-65)
Calcium 10.4 (8.6-10.2)
What does this mean? My dr. thinks it's because I've had a lot of bone loss recently. Does anything need to be done?
Hi, it sound like you have the same thing i had. My calcium levels were elevated too.
You have to go and see an Endocrinologist for further evaluation. What he or she will do is schedule you for a thyroid scan, that will determine if one or more needs to be removed. It will also determine if you don't need them removed.
I was actually seeing an endo prior to this GP and they weren't much help either. I read that long periods of no exercise can cause high calcium, and due to my thyroid being low for over a year, I've basically gone to work, come home and gone to bed every day for a year.
Lack of exercise does not cause high calcium. Immobility does....for example having an illness that requires you to stay in bed or breaking your leg and not walking around.
How is your vitamin D level? The one called Vitamin D (25OH) is the one you want measured. With hyperparathyroidism, calcium is high, parathyroid hormone is high IN RELATION to the calcium level and Vitamin D is low. PTH does not have to be out of range....just inappropriately normal. Yours is low which it should be with a higher calcium number.
I have been on a merry go round with the high calcium!! Even at 11.1 and 11.4 the doctors did not seen to bother although my GP gave me all kinds of tests looking for some kind of cancer! It was 10.2 last time checked but has never gone below 10 in over a year!
I have osteoporosis and have had a lot of bone loss in the last couple of years, so my dr. thinks that may be the cause of the high calcium. My vitamin D levels were around 50 last time I had them checked (about a month ago). I don't know if that's high enough or not. I take a 1000ui supplement.
They need to do a PTH test which is your parathyroid. I just went through all of this. I have had severe cramping but my blood calcium is normal. The dr did a 24 hour calcium urine test that was 19. Normal is 50-250. She isn't concerned but said if my calicum was high it would explain why I have osteroporosis. I apparently had my pth tested last year and it was normal. I was never told. The dr did reorder the test. When I spoke to the lab tech she didn't say anything about time of day to test or the necessity of fasting. So if you have a test make sure you look up the preparation for the test. I read it is food fasting and should be done early in the morning as pth rises.
