![]() Some of this is not the fault of the doctor, rather the labs are not reporting normal ranges correctly. Keep reading and see why this is such a huge problem leading to about 1/2 of people with hyperparathyroidism not being aware that they have it. This parathyroid blog covers one of the two most common mistakes we see doctors make regarding the diagnosis and understanding of hyperparathyroidism… those two are 1) it is the duration of high calcium that hurts people, not how high the calcium has become (covered in another blog ), and the problem covered here: 2) Blood calcium levels change as we age and labs do not report the normal ranges according to the patients age. The highest blood calcium levels occur in our teenage years and early twenties, shown as the increase in the height of the green area during these years. ![]() This graph shows how blood calcium levels increase normally as we go through puberty and our growth spurt. Unfortunately, very few doctors understand that the normal range for blood calcium changes as we age. Adults over 40 should not have calcium levels above 10.1 mg/dl. The highest blood calcium levels are seen between the ages of 15 and 25. Blood calcium levels vary as we age, but labs don't give normal calcium ranges according to age.
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