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Hyperparathyroidism Learning Center
- Vitamin D Deficiency
- Malabsorption Syndr...
- Female Gender
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family history of hyperparathyroidism
- Calcium Deficiency ...
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Elderly
- Parathyroid Adenoma
- Rickets
- Chronic Kidney Fail...
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Child Malnutrition
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Vitamin D deficiency exists when the concentration of 25-hydroxy-vitamin D (25-OH-D) in the blood serum occurs at 12 nanograms/milliliter (ng/ml) or less. This is one-half to one-fourth the amount normally present. When vitamin D deficiency contin...
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Vitamin D deficiency exists when the concentration of 25-hydroxy-vitamin D (25-OH-D) in the blood serum occurs at 12 ng/ml (nanograms/milliliter), or less. The normal concentration of 25-hydroxy-vitamin D in the blood serum is 25-50 ng/ml. When vi...
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Malabsorption is difficulty digesting or absorbing nutrients from food.
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Malabsorption syndrome is an alteration in the ability of the intestine to absorb nutrients adequately into the bloodstream.
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Malabsorption syndrome is an alteration in the ability of the intestine to absorb nutrients adequately into the bloodstream.
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Women's health differs from men's health, and not just with respect to reproduction. To understand and examine these differences appropriately, the variables of sex and gender are each relevant. In general, sex refers to biological, anatomical, ph...
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Hypocalcemia, a low bood calcium level, occurs when the concentration of free calcium ions in the blood falls below 4.0 mg/dL (dL=one tenth of a liter). The normal concentration of free calcium ions in the blood serum is 4.0–6.0 mg/dL.
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A parathyroid adenoma is a noncancerous (benign) tumor of the parathyroid glands, which are located in the neck.
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Rickets was once considered an extremely common disorder of childhood. The term itself is derived from the old English word for "twist," or "wrick," and throughout history children with rickets could be identified by their bowed legs and knock kne...
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Rickets is a disorder caused by a lack of vitamin D, calcium, or phosphate. It leads to softening and weakening of the bones.
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Chronic kidney failure occurs when disease or disorder damages the kidneys so that they are no longer capable of adequately removing fluids and wastes from the body or of maintaining the proper level of certain kidney-regulated chemicals in the bl...
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Chronic kidney disease is the slow loss of kidney function over time. The main function of the kidneys is to remove wastes and excess water from the body.
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Chronic kidney failure occurs when disease or dis- order damages the kidneys so that they can no longer adequately remove fluids and wastes from the body or maintain proper levels of kidney-regulated chemicals in the bloodstream.
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