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From: ron on 27 May 2006 18:29
A little over 6 months ago I was diagnosed with osteoprosis via a bone
density scan. The endo ran a series of blood tests to try and ID the
cause of the low bone density (PTH, Celiac, etc). Nothing turned up
suspicious except that my blood calcium was right at the high limit
(10.3 mg/dL). Shortly thereafter I started weekly fosamax. I recently
went back in for blood work and a 6 month check with the endo. He
noted that again my blood calcium was, once again, borderline high,
everything else was again within normal limits.

In listening to all that he was saying, I forgot to ask what high blood
calcium might indicate. Do any of you know what osteo diseases /
conditions high blood calcium might be symptomatic of?..Thanks, Ron

From: Larry on 27 May 2006 22:54
ron wrote:
> A little over 6 months ago I was diagnosed with osteoprosis via a bone
> density scan. The endo ran a series of blood tests to try and ID the
> cause of the low bone density (PTH, Celiac, etc). Nothing turned up
> suspicious except that my blood calcium was right at the high limit
> (10.3 mg/dL). Shortly thereafter I started weekly fosamax. I recently
> went back in for blood work and a 6 month check with the endo. He
> noted that again my blood calcium was, once again, borderline high,
> everything else was again within normal limits.
>
> In listening to all that he was saying, I forgot to ask what high blood
> calcium might indicate. Do any of you know what osteo diseases /
> conditions high blood calcium might be symptomatic of?..Thanks, Ron
>
Primary hyperparathyroidism, Multiple Myeloma, Metastatic Malignancy,
Paget's Disease, Sarcoidosis. But we are talking about ELEVATED serum
calcium ... yours is in the normal reference range.

Larry E.
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