Abishek_Muthian OP t1_iuzt7wy wrote on November 4, 2022 at 5:50 AM

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Thank you for your detailed clarification, I realized para-thyroid could be different from usual thyroid gland anomaly only after my previous comment.

Your comment offers clear view of the distinction, I will get tested for the para-thyroid as well.

TRLK9802 t1_iv02uq9 wrote on November 4, 2022 at 8:08 AM

Please feel free to follow up with me any time. I'm happy to discuss lab values once you have them, etc.

Very few doctors are parathyroid experts, so it can be quite difficult to get a diagnosis.

Having normocalcemic hyperparathyroidism made my diagnosis tricky, but once I found the surgeon who went on to do my surgery, he was quite convinced that I had a tumor based on how my labs looked.

With normal parathyroid function, there is an inverse relationship between PTH and calcium...meaning if one is high within its range, the other should be low in its range (and vice versa). Most of my PTH and calcium levels were within their ranges, but toward the tops of their ranges, so the lack of an inverse relationship was telling.

Also, you will see that the lab range for calcium goes to around 10.2 to 10.4, but only kids and young adults should have calcium over 10.0; once you're about 30 years of age, calcium should be below 10.0.