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Parathyroid symptoms, don't know what to do

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sue29002
sue29002

Hi

I went to the GP last month with some symptoms and was referred for bloods. I've had them and a few of my readings have come back high:

Serum calcium 2.58 mmol/L

Serum albumin 52 g/L

AST serum 37 u/L

I've also had a few symptoms of hyperparathyroidism:

No energy, feeling generally rubbish a lot of the time, depression for the last 2 years (almost), palpitations, irritability, mental fog, aches and pains etc. And of course my AST has come back high..

I'm not a doctor, but I do work in healthcare so I'm trying not to diagnose myself but do know about endocrine disorders, and I wanted other people's opinions on it.

My GP phoned yesterday to say she's confused (quite frankly) by my readings as I'm slim and young (23 yr old female) so she wants the tests repeated in roughly 1 month to see if the readings are anomalies.

I want to speak to her re hyperparathyroidism, but I don't want her to think I'm over exaggerating, yet if I am suffering from PHPT I want it sorted out (of course) because I'm sick of feeling so awful!

So opinions and advice please, I'm going to book in for further bloods in roughly 3 weeks which will be a full month since the last tests, not sure what else to do.

Appreciate all your support.

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  • alan65290
    alan65290 sue29002

    Posted

    Hi Sue.  I'm not a doctor but everything you've said points to hyperparathyroidism.  I would recommend you join Sallie Powells' Facebook group as it contains a wealth of information and provides great support for PTH sufferers.  Just google 

    "HyperparathyroidismUKActionforChange" and you'll get there.  Best wishes.  Alan.

     

    • sue29002
      sue29002 alan65290

      Posted

      Hi Alan

      I heard about Sally's group and got in touch with her via twitter. She explained it no longer runs. It's a huge shame because I really wanted to talk to others to see how our stories and symptoms etc compare and to get support with this.

      If the next bloods are still abnormal then I will be speaking to my doctor about hyperparathyroidism

  • alan65290
    alan65290 sue29002

    Posted

    It still runs Sue. I've already been on it this morning. I guess someone else is replying on Twitter.  Alan.

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