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FNA (Fine Needle Aspiration) Biopsy of Parathyroid Adenoma
Biopsy of parathyroid adenomas can be dangerous and is almost always unnecessary. Parathyroid glands should almost never be biopsied (FNA biopsy). Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy of parathyroid...
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High Blood Calcium: How Long, not How High!
High blood calcium is almost never normal, and it makes people feel miserable! It is the duration of high calcium, not the actual number! Lisa is a 57-year-old lady from Ohio with primary...
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Parathyroid symptoms…your brain on too much calcium!
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...
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Parathyroid cancer? Parathyroid tumors aren’t cancer, but can act like it.
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...
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Parathyroid drugs? There aren’t any parathyroid drugs!
Parathyroid disease has only one cure: Surgery. Parathyroid drugs don’t exist. There are just medicines directed at the symptoms. Take a drug for your hyperparathyroidism and be disappointed! June is...
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Parathyroid Hormone (PTH) Levels: Why are mine all over the map?
Parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels are typically steady and constant in the patient with normal parathyroid glands, but a parathyroid tumor can make PTH levels jump around in a chaotic, disorderly...
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What is hyperparathyroidism? Look at how the word is spreading!
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...
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