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Causes
Two out of every 1,000 women age 60 and older will develop the disease. Infants and adults with vitamin D deficiency are at greater risk of developing secondary hyperparathyroidism. Hypovitaminosis D increases the risk for fractures, bone pain, and the development of either osteomalacia or rickets. Risk factors include lack of sun exposure, inadequate dietary intake, and advanced age.
Symptoms
Someone with hyperparathyroidism may experience some of the following symptoms:
* Feeling depressed or tired all the time
* Pain in any part of your body
* Heartburn (because the high calcium level in your blood causes your stomach to make too much acid)
* Nausea, vomiting, pain in your abdomen (tummy) or constipation
* High blood pressure
Treatment
Surgery to remove the enlarged gland is the only treatment for the disorder and cures it in 95 percent of cases. Patients who are symptom-free, whose blood calcium is only slightly elevated, and whose kidneys and bones are normal, may wish to talk to their doctor about long-term monitoring.
Secondary hyperparathyroidism is treated by restoring the calcium back into the normal range, usually by giving calcium and vitamin D alone or in combination, depending on the underlying disorder. Fortunately, the surgical treatment of hyparathyroidism is very safe and very successful. When performed by a surgeon experienced in parathyroid surgery, neck exploration for hyperparathyroidism has about a 96% success rate in curing hyperparathyroidism. That means that there is about a 4% chance of the operation not correcting the hyperparathyroidism. There are basically 3 reasons why the operation might not correct the problem.
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