Sometimes, parathyroids rebel and go off on their own, sending out too much hormone. This causes excess calcium release from bones and excess absorption from the digestive tract and into the blood.

Dear Mrs. R.W.: Let me try to clear away some fog for you. We all have parathyroid glands – four of them clustered together close to the thyroid gland in the lower neck. Parathyroids orchestrate ...

When your body needs calcium, parathyroids make a hormone called parathyroid hormone (PTH). Your body reacts by absorbing more calcium from food and keeping it from leaving through your urine. If ...

Archive Certain Relations between the Parathyroids, the Hypophysis and the Pancreas Author: BERNARDO A. HOUSSAY, M.D. Author Info & Affiliations Published June 4, 1936 N Engl J Med 1936;214: 1128 ...

Risks of a Parathyroidectomy A parathyroidectomy carries some risks, among them: Injury. Damage may be done to the (laryngeal) nerve that controls your vocal cords, to your esophagus, or to your ...

And to make up for the loss of the parathyroids, which control the body’s use of calcium, she had to visit the hospital four times a day. on the average, for injections of calcium to save her ...

If the thyroid isn't working properly, or if a tumor is present, surgery may be needed to remove all or part of the gland. While the thyroid and parathyroids can be located prior to surgery via ...