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Celiac And Parathyroid Glands

kenlove

By kenlove
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Has anyone seen or had experience with celiac relation to the parathyroids?

Celiac and atrial fibrillation?

thanks

Ken

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Has anyone seen or had experience with celiac relation to the parathyroids?

Celiac and atrial fibrillation?

thanks

Ken

Well, I THINK my mom has celiac. She has many symptoms, and while I urge her and her caretakers to test her for it, thinking it could help turn around the cycle of her discomfort, no one seems to act on my urging

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I had my parathyroid tested many times in my life, including 3 months prior to diagnosis with Celiac after 10 yrs of illness. Shortly after going gluten free, my parathyroid and thyroid went wonky. I had secondary hyperparathyroidism and hypothyroidism. I was prescribed massive doses of calcium and vitamin D. Within a year, the PTH was back to normal. Dont' know if that helps at all.

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Thanks much knittingmonkey --

I hope she is getting better -- maybe getting her some gluten-free bread to try will help.

Well, I THINK my mom has celiac. She has many symptoms, and while I urge her and her caretakers to test her for it, thinking it could help turn around the cycle of her discomfort, no one seems to act on my urging

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Thanks much -- this is what I'm look for so that I can tell my doctor I'm not the only one whos parathyroids seem to have gone haywire after celiac when then causes the heart to go bonkers.

Funny you were given a lot of calcium as they are tell me that my parathyroids should come out because of the calcium buildup.

guess time will tell....

thansk again

I had my parathyroid tested many times in my life, including 3 months prior to diagnosis with Celiac after 10 yrs of illness. Shortly after going gluten free, my parathyroid and thyroid went wonky. I had secondary hyperparathyroidism and hypothyroidism. I was prescribed massive doses of calcium and vitamin D. Within a year, the PTH was back to normal. Dont' know if that helps at all.

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Ken,

I think it depends on whether you have primary or secondary as to how it's treated. Since mine was secondary (based on blood calcium levels being normal) I was prescribed 2 caltrate +d per day plus 50,000 IU vitamin D 3 times a week.

I think if you have high blood calcium, it means primary hyper PTH. Since I didn't have that, I have not researched it. I didn't know it was related to heart stuff...

I wish you the very best.

Janie

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