Aside from hyperparathyroidism, what else could cause elevated serum calcium levels, PTH and low vitamin D?
Osteoporosis in patients with parathyroid disease.High blood calcium is not normal. If you have a blood test that shows high blood calcium, then your doctor is obligated to check it out. It is never normal to have high calcium levels in your blood. Hypercalcemia is the medical term for high blood calcium. This page is one of the first pages of Parathyroid.com that you should read if you just got back from the doctor and he/she told you that your blood calcium was too high. As you will see, over 98% of all cases of too much blood calcium are due to parathyroid disease and hyperparathyroidism. This page will list all of the causes of high blood calcium and discuss what tests are used to determine what is causing the high calcium. Keep reading. Editorial Note: Since we put this page on line we are getting more emails asking if your doctor should check you for cancer if your calcium is high. The answer is almost always NO. Parathyroid disease is the cause of high calcium at least 98% of th
