Treatment and Monitoring
Endocrinologists diagnose diseases affecting glands and should be consulted for hyperparathyroidism. Again, treatment depends entirely on the type of hyperparathyroidism encountered. Patients with primary hyperparathyroidism who are symptomatic benefit from surgery to remove the parathyroid tumor (parathyroid adenoma). In patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism, the high PTH levels are an appropriate response to low calcium and treatment must be directed at the underlying cause of this (usually vitamin D deficiency or chronic renal failure). If this is successful PTH levels should naturally return to normal levels unless PTH secretion has become autonomous (tertiary hyperparathyroidism)
Testing for hyperparathryroidism:
- Calcium level
- Bone density
- Vitamin D
- Phosphorus
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