Im haveing a lot of symptoms, my x rays show possible hyperparathyroidism, but my calcium is normal in my most recent blood test, could it be secondary instead of primary? And then what role does the vitamin D play?
Educational yes, does it tell us what to do when it's been 2 weeks and your doctor hasn't prescribed a follow-up appointment or any advice of what to do if the antibiotics don't work, or if they do work but the fluid doesn't drain? No.
My PTH protein is low (8 pg/ml), vitamin D low at 26, calcium 9.0. Where do I go from here? Can this be just a random result? Or does this mean I have hypoparathyroidism?
My son has lived with ear fluid all his life. 15years now. How can this be stopped. I have sought numerous ENT specialists but the story remains the same.
In 2005, I had 3.5 parathyroids surgically removed. Now, that half of parathyroid has become an over achiever and PTH is now 10.5. In the past I had100+ kidney stones (6 lithotripsies). I once again have stones, fatigue, etc.
If you think you have a parathyroid tumor don't give blood it confuses doctors, and you can't explain it to them. You have approximately 10 pints of blood and if you take one out it drops vitamins in the blood by about 10%. It will reduce the calcium in the blood along with Vitamin D. With a lower amount of vitamin D your calcium will have a slow start to climbing back up, but it will. You can't explain the process to doctors either. also, if you give blood your kidneys won't have much calcium to filter out into the urine and that confuses them as well. *Keith will tell you that without vitamin D you can't absorb calcium. High calcium hinders Iron absorption. Just some food for thought.
@@nickorobinson5328 the first thing that happens after blood donation is that pint of blood is replaced with water diluting the blood. You know it lowers vitamin levels because they limit how many times you can donate to no more than every 56 days. You should watch iron if you are donating a lot.
If you think you have a parathyroid tumor don't give blood it confuses doctors, and you can't explain it to them. You have approximately 10 pints of blood and if you take one out it drops vitamins in the blood by about 10%. It will reduce the calcium in the blood along with Vitamin D. With a lower amount of vitamin D your calcium will have a slow start to climbing back up, but it will. You can't explain the process to doctors either. also, if you give blood your kidneys won't have much calcium to filter out into the urine and that confuses them as well. *Keith will tell you that without vitamin D you can absorb calcium. High calcium hinders Iron absorption. Just some food for thought.
Hey! doctor I have a question. I am having ear fluid problem (eustachian tube dysfunction) from 3.5 years.Can something be done here, or am I totally fucked up? Please reply doctor.
Dr Chris MasterJohn was the first one to mention that one should tailor D3 dosage based on their PTH levels. You keep increasing dosage until your PTH drops to low normal, then you maintain that. Of course along with D3 cofactors.
Open the last few years I have had low vitamin D3, hi PHT, and high blood calcium for the past nine months. My endocrine doctor wants me to get a phosphorus blood test, but I can see where this is all heading so my question is should I stop taking vitamin D three altogether?. I now have osteoporosis which came about pretty quickly.
I have normal calcium levels, however, I have low Vitamin D and my PTH has been slowing decreasing over the past two years. Started at 65, and is currently sitting at 30. I seem to have many of the symptoms of a parathyroid issue (fatigue, brain fog, constipation) but my PTH numbers aren’t high, they’re steadily declining, any info would be greatly appreciated!
So basically once the fluid is thick..there is no way to get it out? I’ve had liquid in the middle ear for a whole month now. The worst feeling I’ve ever had.
I have just been diagnosed with hyperparathyroidism. My calcium is up and Vit D is 48. I am suffering with grievous fatigue, massive brain-fog, insomnia and more. I am waiting to see a specialist. Is there any help to be had meantime?
Same here. Except i have anxiety too. Ive been this way for 3 months. Only thing i found helps me is exercise for 3 hours every day. Xanax helped me sleep but i stopped as soon as ingot my sleep back.
@@HablaConOwens After a later visit to the doctor, it turned out that I didn't have hyperparathyroidism after all, but he didn't know what was wrong. My present regime is 35 mins walk at around 7.15 am., two minute cold shower, nose breathing all day, 100 fl. oz of water per day with a few grains of Himalayan pink salt, and calling upon the Lord. For sleep, the thing that helps me most is 900 mg of Valerian root and a peppermint tea before bed. Valerian is a herb with no side effects. A good brand in the UK is called 'Sleepnite' by Vitabiotics. My sleep seems to be much improving but the fog is still making me helpless. I hope some of this may help.
Excellent information and so well presented, Dr. Forwith! I wish all primary care practitioners and all endocrinologists would absorb this information!
Now I understand. This doctor knows more on this topic than any of the 3 ENT doctors that I have visited. I had an ear infection, fluid discharged, took months to clear with antibiotics, but was left with tinnitus, this changed to pulsatile tinnitus, CT scan shows thinning of the inner ear bone. Scans showed no fluid (I now know that this was likely absorbed by my middle ear bones and led to the thinning and pulsatile tinnitus). Now how to fix it.
