Parathyroid

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Some of your symptoms fit, so it would certainly be worth asking your

doctor whether a check of your PTH and phosphorous/phosphatase levels is

warranted. I would have thought that gastric reflux would be one of the

more prominent symptoms, though. Any stomach pain?

You might want to look up a complete list of symptoms and make a

comparison for your doctor.

Chuck

You wrote:

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> I have already asked in the group, but would really like your opinion on

> hyperparathyroidism. I was seeing a lot about how it can cause muscle

> and bone

> pain, dry skin. I read how it can cause weight loss, but then just read an

> article on pubmed how it can cause weight gain.

>

> _http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14592784_

> <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14592784_>

> (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14592784

> <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14592784>)

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> Since I don't understand a lot about the terminology and you seem so well

> versed in the thyroid. I was curious if you knew much about this or if

> it seems

> like a logical thing to ask my doctor to check. I'm pretty sure my calcium

> has been checked in the past and it's been normal. I did read on a web site

> though that, that is still not a way to conclude anything and that I

> think it's

> the PTH test as well as some other tests will tell.

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> In a message dated 11/28/2008 9:12:32 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,

> gumboyaya@... <mailto:gumboyaya%40cox.net> writes:

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> You wrote:

> > ... and all the other

> > thyroid symptoms I have. My TSH has been raised to the upper part of the

> > scale...

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> That may be your problem, then. TSH should be at the low end of the

> reference range, or even below it with Cytomel.

>

> Some people report flu like symptoms with active antibodies, but they

> mainly go after the thyroid and exaggerate the hypoT.

>

> Chuck

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