How Parathyroid Problems Can Cause Weak Bones
Your parathyroid glands help control how much calcium is in your blood and bones. If one or more of these glands makes too much hormone, it’s called hyperparathyroidism.
This hormone tells your bones to release calcium into your blood. Over time, your bones can lose too much calcium and become weak. This can lead to osteoporosis, which means your bones are more likely to break.
The hormone also makes your body lose calcium through urine. It can also stop your body from using vitamin D the right way. Without enough calcium and vitamin D, your bones can get even weaker.
The only way to fix this problem of excess parathyroid hormone is with parathyroid surgery. A doctor removes the gland or glands that are making too much hormone. This helps your calcium levels go back to normal and helps your bones stay strong. Bones can even regain strength over time after surgery.
But this surgery can be tricky. If the doctor doesn’t check all four parathyroid glands, the problem might not be fully fixed. And if too much is removed, you can get another problem called hypoparathyroidism, which is very hard to treat. That’s why it’s important to go to a doctor who does this surgery often.
Dr. Kennedy has decades of experience in parathyroid surgery, and routinely looks for all four glands, to be certain that all abnormal glands are found. The surgery is done as an outpatient, with a 98% success rate.
If you are diagnosed with hyperparathyroidism, there’s a sure and simple cure. With minimally invasive outpatient surgery — one precise and tiny little incision — we can remove the overactive parathyroid gland, leaving behind the three healthy remaining glands.
The cure is almost always immediate.
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