Description: Elevated Calcium Level. Primary Hyperparathyroidism: diagnosis, surgery. Minimally Invasive Parathyroid Surgery, Alexander Shifrin, MD, Parathyroid Center at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ, phone 732-776-4304. www.HighCalcium.org
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It is common for an high calcium level to go undetected on an unrelated routine blood work study. Common responses include “Do not worry about it, we’ll re-check it again later” or “Do not drink too much milk.” But the next blood test for calcium shows the same findings - a higher than normal calcium level.
The majority of these patients have no “specific” complaints, and they feel that it is okay to just follow it. But the truth is that they do have complaints, but they do not know that those complaints are related to an elevated blood calcium level.
The most common cause of hypercalcemia is primary hyperparathyroidism . There are other reasons for hypercalcemia, including a malignancy-associated elevation of the blood calcium level. To determine the cause of hypercalcemia, a blood parathyroid hormone (PTH) level should be checked.