High cholesterol doubles your rate of heart disease and stroke, but did you know that high blood calcium is far more dange...

High cholesterol doubles your rate of heart disease and stroke, but did you know that high blood calcium is far more dangerous than high cholesterol? Hyperparathyroidism caries many significant health risks. High Blood Calcium Risks High blood calcium levels are almost never normal and increases the chances of developing a number of other health problems and even early death if ignored. For ad...

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Parathyroid Punk is a amazing music video who's purpose is to teach about hyperparathyroidism caused by a "punk" para...

Parathyroid Punk is a amazing music video who's purpose is to teach about hyperparathyroidism caused by a "punk" parathyroid gland that makes people miserable by causing high calcium. Here is my story and the genesis of Parathyroid Punk! https://www.parathyroid.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/PunkVideoFront-300x159.jpg PunkVideoFrontLink to the video is at the bottom of the page. My n...

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Chronic fatigue, depression, anxiety, sleep problems, and even fibromyalgia are misdiagnosed in patients who have high blo...

Chronic fatigue, depression, anxiety, sleep problems, and even fibromyalgia are misdiagnosed in patients who have high blood calcium from hyperparathyroidism.  Mental health issues occur in over 90% of patients with primary hyperparathyroidism and even slightly high blood calcium. A guest Parathyroid Blog by a leading psychiatrist that regularly finds people sent to her office with symptom...

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What is hyperparathyroidism? How are we getting the word out? Hyperparathyroidism is a disease that is dramatically under-...

What is hyperparathyroidism? How are we getting the word out? Hyperparathyroidism is a disease that is dramatically under-diagnosed. We now have so many technological outlets to help spread the word about hyperparathyroidism that it is getting harder to escape the knowledge that high calcium is bad. I recently gave an interview to a radio station in Austin, Texas (1370 AM Talk Radio). It w...

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<% content_for(:page_summary) do %> Hyperparathyroidism sneaked up on me. I was feeling tired and old. I'm a family practice doctor so my job is to take care of other people-to make them feel better. Yet I was miserable myself. My name is  Ashok Goyal MD and this is my story. <% end %> I found myself not enjoying my job like I used to. I was tired all the time and I just t...

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I'm a nurse; a parathyroid nurse.  I've taken care of thousands of patients with primary hyperparathyroidism over the...

I'm a nurse; a parathyroid nurse.  I've taken care of thousands of patients with primary hyperparathyroidism over the years and am very familiar with the high blood calcium and all the symptoms of hyperparathyroidism. This can't be happening to me!?  I have a parathyroid tumor!? Let me put parathyroid problems and hyperparathyroidism aside for a minute and give you a little background...

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<% content_for(:page_summary) do %> As an endocrinologist, nearly 95% of my patients are referred from primary care physicians who know the patient feels bad, but hasn't uncovered the true problem: primary hyperparathyroidism.  A Parathyroid Blog by guest writer: Lee Metchick, MD, an endocrinologist in Lake Mary, Florida. <% end %> Most of the time the patients sent to my offic...

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Sexual dysfunction and loss of sexual desire and interest in sex is common in patients with high blood calcium and hyperpa...

Sexual dysfunction and loss of sexual desire and interest in sex is common in patients with high blood calcium and hyperparathyroidism.  Both women and men have a nice benefit to their sex lives from parathyroid surgery and cure of the high blood calcium / hyperparathyroidism. We have known for years that people with primary hyperparathyroidism and high blood calcium become depressed, fati...

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Parathyroid tumors may look benign (harmless) under a microscope, but they damage many organs in the body over time-making...

Parathyroid tumors may look benign (harmless) under a microscope, but they damage many organs in the body over time-making hyperparathyroidism act more like a cancer tumor. While parathyroid cancer is extremely rare, benign parathyroid tumors causing high blood calcium can mimic the effects of cancer. "It's a benign parathyroid tumor. Why do we need to remove it?" Phyllis's doctor in Virginia o...

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Parathyroid symptoms can vary, but almost everybody will have them. Fatigue is by far the most common of all symptoms. Let...

Parathyroid symptoms can vary, but almost everybody will have them. Fatigue is by far the most common of all symptoms. Let's look at Crabby Abby! Crabby Abby will forever live in my mind, because she described parathyroid symptoms and the effects of high calcium on your brain better than any patient ever. If somebody says "people with hyperparathyroidism don't have many symptoms," don't tell th...

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