High calcium on blood results.

[Michaelawoods]

Hi there,

I had a baby 4 months ago and I went to the doctor to get a routine blood test just to check how things were after baby. But my calcium came back a bit high. I never heard of this before and I did google and now I’m freaking out. ( I know I shouldn’t have googled ) but she repeated the blood test so waiting to hear from that.

has anyone had experience with this and what did it turn out to be?

I read about the parathyroid gland but she said my thyroid was fine. Is that different to the parathyroid and would the parathyroid be checked on a routine blood test ?

thanks ☺️

Yes, parathyroid is different (four glands that sit on the thyroid) and no, it wouldn’t be checked on routine test. Try looking at NHS Choices for information on hyperparathyroidism.

@sorrynotathome thanks for the reply.
maybe once this blood test comes back she might check the parathyroid if my calcium is still high. I’m hoping it’s nothing and was just one of those things but we’ll see.

Any updates on this? I've had two blood tests showing high calcium and also losing my mind with worry - especially when you Google! I have an 11 month old and recently had bloods for eyebrow hair loss.

My son had high calcium levels as a newborn he was in nicu so they picked It up on the daily bloods when he was about 5 days old. He was referred to endocrine, followed Up for about 6 months and after going higher for a bit it started to reduce and then was within normal range when he was discharged with no follow up. They never did find a cause they put the diagnosis down as idiopathic hypercalcemia he's now 6 and doesn't seem to have problems with it though I don't think it's ever been checked since either

Sorry just realised I misread the posts I thought it was your dc that had the high calcium

Just realised my post sounded confusing. So I have high calcium on two blood tests and worried what is causing it - waiting for results of test to check parathyroid. I'm 41 and have 4 young children. Extremely anxious as looking on Google is scary

I got caught having hypercalcaemia a year after my son due to migraines and chest pains. Turned out to be caused by small benign tumours called adenomas on my parathyroid gland which needed to be removed. Causes all sorts of symptoms GPs tend to ignore in women especially. You need your bloods repeated to check calcium and parathyroid hormone at the same time to rule it out.
Please visit a Facebook group called HyperparathyroidAction4Change for more detailled information as this is a super knowledgeable and lovely kind group.