We are concerned that I have primary hyperparathyroidism. My calcium levels have been moderately high since 2019. I also began having high blood pressure, vitamin D deficiency, and became diabetic around the same time. I am 52 and since July of this year, my calcium has been 10.9, 11.6, and 10.9 mg/dl. The last two readings were two days apart and my doctor ordered tests for ionized calcium (5.5, but at the highest point of normal) and PTH intact as well. PTH was 33 pg/ml. Vitamin D 25-OH is 32 ng/ml. Many things I read comment on high PTH levels or low, but this confuses me. I have taken my total exhaustion for the last few years as just the 5 kids, but I have literally almost no energy whatsoever and I started having migraines in July pretty regularly. Is my gut feeling that it requires surgery the right way to go? I ask, because my doctor never said anything about my calcium levels over the last few years and it has been 10.4 or higher since 2019. It was only after it hit 11 that she wanted me to take extra tests.
Thanks for writing. Based on your calcium levels, I am also concerned about primary hyperparathyroidism. High calcium levels are not normal, and the most common cause of persistently elevated calcium is primary hyperparathyroidism.
Your calcium has been elevated since at least 2019, based on what you have said. A calcium level of 10.4 mg/dl is not normal for adults over age 40. If your calc...
