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I have elevated platelet level, high calcium level, increased lymph node activity, severe fatigue, hair loss, difficulty in flooding weight, and wide spread pain. I am negative for Lupus and thyroid disease. I am on low sodium diet and stick to it. I have one kidney. I can't remember the last time I felt good. What could cause this? My Dr is frustrated....so am I.
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What hormone stimulates the release of calcium?
the parathyroid hormone (PTH) is released by the parathyroid gland (located behind the thyroid gland). A decrease in blood calcium causes the parathyroid gland to secrete PTH which causes the bones to release more calcium to raise blood calcium and also causes the kidneys to decrease the amount of calcium lost in urine
What would cause depressed levels of calcium after a thyroidectomy?
The parathyroid glands are located behind the thyroid gland and are often accidentally removed with the thyroid in a thyroidectomy. The parathyroid gland makes parathyroid hormone (PTH), which normally causes an increase in blood calcium levels. If the parathyroid is lost, so is the PTH, and thus the blood calcium is lower.
How does the thyroid gland effect calcium regulation?
"The amount of calcium in the blood is regulated by two organs: thyroid and parathyroid glands. Each gland produces hormones by sensing the amount of calcium in the blood. When calcium is high in the blood, the thyroid gland produces calcitonin, which results in the removal of excess calcium from the blood. When calcium is low in the blood, the parathyroid gland produces parathyroid hormone, which causes the release of calcium from bone into the blood."
What hormones released by parathyroid gland?
The parathyroid gland releases parathyroid hormone (PTH), which helps regulate calcium levels in the blood. PTH works to increase levels of calcium by promoting its release from bones, reabsorption in the kidneys, and absorption in the intestines.
What parathyroid hormone increases serum calcium levels?
PTH activates vitamin D in the body, which absorbs calcium and phosphate from foods. It works on the intestine to increase the absorption of calcium. It causes the bones to release more calcium, and causes the kidneys to reabsorb more calcium. This all helps to increase calcium levels.
The hormone that has the opposite function of calcitonin is?
The hormone that has the opposite function of calcitonin is parathyroid hormone (PTH). While calcitonin decreases blood calcium levels by promoting its deposition in bones, PTH increases blood calcium levels by stimulating calcium release from bones, absorption in the intestines, and reabsorption in the kidneys.
What chemical causes a decrease in the blood calcium level?
The hormone produced by the para follicular cells of the thyroid gland is calcitonin (CT). CT can decrease the level of calcium in the blood by inhibiting the action of osteoclasts, the cells that break down bone extracellular matrix. The secretion of CT is controlled by a negative feedback system. When its blood level is high,calcitonin lowers the amount of blood calcium and phosphates by inhibiting bone resorption (breakdown of bone extracellular matrix) by osteoclasts and by accelerating uptake of calcium and phosphates into bone extracellular matrix.
Which hormone stimulates osteoclasts in the raising of calcium levels in the blood?
If you are looking for the one hormone that does this, then the answer is parathyroid hormone (PTH), produced in the parathyroid glands.A more technical description is given below:Three hormones act in the body to increase blood calcium levels to normal. These hormones are 1,25-Dihydroxycholecalciferol, parathyroid hormone (PTH), and calcitonin that originate respectively from the liver and kidneys, parathyroid glands, and thyroid glands. The first, 1,25-Dihydroxycholecalciferol (active vitamin D3), serves to increase calcium absorption from the intestine. The second, PTH, dissolves bone into the blood. The third, calcitonin, prevents the bone-derived calcium from being resorbed ("reabsorbed") into the bone from which it came via PTH. To summarize, these three hormones act in concert to raise calcium levels via external and internal routes.References: Ganong's Review of Medical Physiology, 23eKim E. Barrett, et. al. Chapter 23: Hormonal Control of Calcium & Phosphate Metabolism & the Physiology of Bone
What do you suffer from in hypoparathyroidsm?
Hypoparathyroidsm is a condition in which the parathyroid gland is producing less hormone than its normal physiological level. There two pairs of parathyroid glands situated in the neck on the posterior(back) of the thyroid gland. There are minute and is almost impossible to see in the cadaver. The parathyroid glands secrete only one hormone, which is Parathyroid hormone, which is responsible for maintaining normal serum calcium levels (i.e calcium in the blood) which is around 10mg/dl. Calcium is responsible for, blood clot formation, Bone formation, Muscle contraction, nerve functions, hence all these are affected when calcium levels are abnormal. PTH (parathyroid hormone) acts so as to raise calcium levels, by increase bone breakdown (resorption) therefore releasing calcium in the blood, increasing intestinal absorption of calcium, or decreasing excretion of calcium by the kidney. Hence less PTH produced ultimately means there is low calcium in the blood. Hence muscles are going to be affected, with hyperreflexia, muscular spasms, muscular cramps and a charecteristic carpopedal tremor, in which the hands and feet shake (doctors call this the trousseau sign.) Nerves are affected, and the patient feels pins and needles. Causes vary, but are mainly as a complication of thyroidectomy (removal of the thyroid gland) due to overactivity of the gland such as in graves' disease. In this case, the surgeon removes the thyroid glands and unwantingly, removes the parathyroid glands, hence there is no parathyroid gland to secrete parathyroid hormone. This is usually treated by oral calcium supplementation with vitamin D. The logic behind this is that Vitamin D stimulated calcium uptake in the intestine. Resource : i'm a med student.
What are three target organs of the parathyroid hormone?
bones, kidneys, small intestines(The major target end organs for parathyroid hormone (PTH) action are the kidneys, skeletal system, and intestine.)
How does calcitonin and parathroid hormones work to control blood calcium levels and what are their targets?
Calcitonin is the other major hormone involved with calcium regulation. Parathyroid hormone (PTH), produced by the parathyroid gland, increases the level of calcium in the blood. It usually accomplishes this by increasing the resorption rate (taking back) from bone. Calcitonin does the exact opposite and reduces calcium in the blood. Calcitonin is produce in the thyroid gland and removes calcium in the blood primarily by putting calcium back into bone.
What hormone causes demineralization of bones spontaneous fractures could it be parathyroid hormone?
parathyroid hormone
