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PTH intact and calcium
Parathyroid hormone (PTH) is a 84 Amino Acid hormone which is important in regulating blood calcium levels. Intact indicates the full 84 Amino Acid hormone. There are fragments of the hormone also in the blood. Pth and calium are measured at the same time to determine if there are abnormalities of parathyroid function. For example a low level of hormone may cause a low calcium level.
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: pth intact and calcium?
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A 33-year old asked:
My wife has normal calcium but high pth?
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A 37-year old female asked:
What can cause low pth and high/normal calcium levels?
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A 46-year old asked:
What to do if I have high pth levels, with normal calcium?
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A 41-year old female asked:
How do I better understand my pth level of 210 and calcium at 5.9 ?
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A 45-year old asked:
What do you suggest if my wife has normal calcium(9.4) but high pth?
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A 40-year old asked:
My wife has normal calcium(9.4) but high pth. What could cause these results?
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A 41-year old female asked:
I took levthyrxne 25 mcg.Then ate after 30 min for 3mos. Dr says should have waited 1hr..Will this mess results of pth n calcium test?
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A 23-year old male asked:
Calcium is high.10.7.Did pth test and its in normal value.Since my diet is v poor what could be the cause for the high calcium.Also mg is in max value
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A 37-year old asked:
What is a normal pth and calcium level?
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A 45-year old female asked:
My pth level161 low vitatamin d high calcium and diabetes how danger is?
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A 41-year old female asked:
Will exercise and diet reverse a pth of 210? And calcium levels in the blood?
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A 51-year old female asked:
Calcium level up 11.1 may 2013. High normal, 10.2 aug 2013. Should i still have pth checked?
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A 51-year old female asked:
High calcium 10.9 retested came back normal with a low pth 12 should I see an endocronigist. ?
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A 45-year old female asked:
My pth is 161 and calcium is high 11 but if sestembe scan is neagative so it's still have surgery? Is one option
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A 52-year old female asked:
Having my calcium, vit D, and Pth checked every 6 weeks, pth was 67, 45, now 26, calcium 10.8, 10.2,10.3, now 11,pth dropping mean anything?
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A member asked:
I'm a 46 yr old woman. Vit D is 29 after 10 weeks of Vit D @ 10,000/week. Calcium is 10.2. PTH is 112. Would you suspect hyperparathroidism?
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A 31-year old female asked:
My calcium levels have been 10.0 for 2 years and pth level was 71 (range 11-80).Could i still have hyperparathyroidism? I have almost every symptom.
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A 44-year old male asked:
Hi - i have chronic mildly elevated calcium that several doctors have not been able to identify the root cause of. my PTH is typically low normal. ?
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A 43-year old male asked:
For the past 12 years, my calcium 9.3-11mg/dl, most frequent value 10.8, pth 16-35, albumin ~5, some sites say calcium should be corrected upwards or downwards for albumin, others emphasize that the correction is only upwards, what is the truth?
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A 17-year old male asked:
High pth blood level but normal calcium blood level?
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A 36-year old asked:
What's going on if I have low calcium but elevated pth levels?
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A 49-year old asked:
I have high calcium normal high pth had low vit d now supplemented?
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A 36-year old female asked:
My pth levels are low they say 9...They found high calcium levels in my blood 11.7 ..How concerned should I be?
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A 30-year old female asked:
I have a low pth low vit d and i did have high calcium but its now in normal range while the rest is low. what is causing this?
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A 37-year old male asked:
With my slightly below normal IONIZED CALCIUM and slightly elevated INTACT PTH, is it beneficial to take 1 tablet of CALCIDAY once a day?
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A female asked:
Calcium 2.29 mmol/L 25-Hydroxyvitamin D 74 nmol/L PTH 5.8pmol/L What do they mean collectively?
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A 28-year old female asked about a 30-year old male:
My husband had Parathyroidectomy four months back. Everything went fine post procedure. Lately his pth is again high. His calcium level is normal.
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A 23-year old male asked:
Got my calcium results today(9.8).Is it high?And pth is 37.Previous results were 10.4 and 10.7 and pth 47.Im asking for a primary hyperparathyroidism
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A 34-year old female asked:
34 y/o female. CA level 11.5, vit D. 20. 4 mos ago, PTH was 14 and CA 10.1. Haven't felt well for months. Could high calcium be a fluke (dehydration)?
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