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Past thyroid cancer, now years later i have abnormal blood calcium, what to do?
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Parathyroids: Presumably, your thyroid cancer treatment involved surgery and radioactive iodine. Usually, this preserves the parathyoid glands, but sometimes they can get damaged. Parathyroids make PTH which maintains blood Ca. If PTH is low, your blood Ca will fall, and cause a number of symptoms. For starters, get an ionized Ca and PTH. See your Endocrinologist.
Answered 11/26/2014
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