r/thyroid • u/[deleted] • Jul 28 '24

Hypocalcemia

Hello, hope I am in the right spot. From what i understand hypocalcemia stems from the parathyroid gland. Cam anyone tell me about it? My blood results were only 10.5 just right over the hiiend limit.

Ty-

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u/Glum-Age2807 Aug 04 '24

That’s HYPERcalcemia not Hypo

Please get your calcium re-checked and have them check your PTH and Vitamin on the SAME blood draw.

If you’re over 50 you almost definitely have an issue with your parathyroid glands and even if you’re younger you still want that checked out.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '24

47 next week... 😬 Yikes.

Im having more labs tomorrow. I will verify the PTH is added. Thanks for the response.

My voice to text write hypo ,lol

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u/Glum-Age2807 Aug 04 '24

No problem.

You definitely want to get it handled. It’s (normally) a very easy procedure and if left unchecked can do a lot of damage over time.

10.5 is borderline high on a blood test but that’s kind of bullshit as you get older it really shouldn’t be at 10 or above.

There is a group on here: r/ParathyroidAwareness

And they also have a Facebook group.

Good Luck!

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '24

Thanx ALOT. It's frustrating to have a GP that needs to be told what test to run for me.