Symptom: Hypercalcemia

Introduction: Hypercalcemia

Hypercalcemia: Raised blood calcium levels. See free access online books about Hypercalcemia below. See detailed information below for a list of 48 causes of Hypercalcemia, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Hypercalcemia

• Acute adult T-Cell leukemia - hypercalcemia
• Adrenal cortex insufficiency
• Adult T cell leukemia - hypercalcemia
• Adult T-Cell lymphoma - hypercalcemia
• Bartter Syndrome - hypercalcemia

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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Hypercalcemia

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Hypercalcemia:

• Calcium symptoms
• High blood calcium (33 causes)
• Low blood calcium (44 causes)
• Urine calcium

Diagnostic Guides for Hypercalcemia

Medical Books Excerpts Read excerpts from published book sections related to Hypercalcemia from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Hypercalcemia. Free access (no registration): read all online diagnostic book sections about Hypercalcemia

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Diagnostic tests for Hypercalcemia:

Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Hypercalcemia. Some of these are listed below :

• Blood tests
  • Full blood count and ESR
  • Electrolytes, including calcium and phosphate levels ( elevated phosphate levels are common with hyperparathyroidism)
  • Renal function tests
  • Liver function tests, including albumin level

See full list of 20 diagnostic tests for Hypercalcemia

Diagnosis Checklist: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)

During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in their assessment of Hypercalcemia. Your doctor may ask several questions when assessing your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information you can share with your doctor about your symptoms may help them with their diagnosis. Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:

• Symptoms of elevated calcium? - symptoms are usually mild but may include loin pain form kidney stones; frequency of urination; blood in the urine; abdominal pain sometimes from peptic ulceration; bone pain; depression.
• Risk factors for bone metastases? - Bone metastases may cause elevated calcium. The common primary tumors include lung cancer, breast cancer, myeloma, esophageal cancer, thyroid cancer, prostate cancer, lymphoma and renal cell cancer.
• Recent history of significant immobilization? - may cause elevated calcium.
• Family history? - e.g. multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (simultaneous recurrence of tumors involving parathyroid glands, pituitary, pancreas, adrenals and thyroid glands).

See Diagnosis Checklist for Hypercalcemia (8 listings)

Diagnosis Checklist: Associated symptoms your doctor may ask about (and why!)

Sometimes, other symptoms may be present and may help your doctor analyse your condition. The symptoms your doctor may ask about (in association with Hypercalcemia) may include:

• Symptoms of hyperthyroidism? - e.g. intolerance to heat, sweating of hands, muscle weakness, increased appetite, weight loss, heart palpitations, loose bowel motions, emotional lability, agitation, over activity.
• Symptoms of Multiple myeloma? - e.g. bone pain (e.g. backache), bone tenderness, weakness, tiredness, recurrent infections, bleeding tendency.
• Symptoms of bone metastases? - e.g. bone pain, fractures with minimal trauma, possible history of primary tumor (e.g. lung, breast, esophageal, thyroid, prostate, kidney).
• Symptoms of Williams syndrome? - e.g. infants with mental retardation, elf-like facial features. Syndrome is associated with aortic stenosis (heart valve disease), elevated calcium and elevated Vitamin D levels.

See Diagnosis Checklist for Hypercalcemia (8 listings)

Stories from Users for Hypercalcemia

Real-life user stories relating to Hypercalcemia:

• elevated calcium
• Elevated Thyroglobulin and DHEA Levels
• Elevated MPV

Symptom specific forums: The following patient stories in our interactive forums and message boards relate to Hypercalcemia or relevant symptoms:

• Constitutional (General Wellbeing) (156)
  • Sore Scalp/hair follicles
  • Fat loss in entire body
  • Dont know how much more I can take..
  • I'm Lost.
  • My wife does not sweat I'm worried
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• Gastrointestinal (Food - from entry to exit) (452)
  • Bloating/Distention/Intestinal Gas
  • Intense Abdominal Pain
  • Help Please! Extreme Abdominal Pain/Gas/Bowel Symptoms ++
  • Feels like a baby kicking-not pregnant
  • 7 year old with severe heartburn/stomach aches
  • More user stories
• Genitourinary (The urination system) (138)
  • Burning In Penis After Urination. Std/urine Culture = Negative
  • Blood in urine (hematuria)
  • I KEEP PEEING AND I DONT KNOW WHY!! Iplease some1 help me
  • Excessive Burping..
  • Swollen (enlarged)Kidneys, normal blood tests (no stones)Dr.'s not helping
  • More user stories
• Musculoskeletal (Muscles, joints and bones) (405)
  • Joint and muscular pain after taking chantix
  • Arm pain after sneezing
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Joint swelling, stiffness, severe foot pain
  • Muscle twitches/spasms
  • More user stories

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Causes of Hypercalcemia listed in Disease Database:

Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible causes of Hypercalcemia as a symptom include:

• Adrenal cortex insufficiency
• Adult T cell leukemia
• Berylliosis
• Chlortalidone
• Cuffed blood sample
• Cushing's syndrome
• Danazol
• Familial hypocalciuric hypercalcaemia
• Gestrinone
• Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Hyperparathyroidism
• Hyperparathyroidism, primary
• Hyperparathyroidism, tertiary
• Hyperthyroidism
• Hypokalaemic distal renal tubular acidosis
• Hypophosphataemia
• Hypophosphatasia
• Lithium
• Metaphyseal chondrodysplasia, Jansen type
• Metastatic neoplasm

See full list of 48 causes of Hypercalcemia
- (Source - Diseases Database)

Medications or substances causing Hypercalcemia:

The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible causes of Hypercalcemia as a symptom. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.

• Dihydrotachysterol
• DHT
• Hytakerol
• Tribasic Calcium Phosphate
• Posture

See full list of 40 medications causing Hypercalcemia

Definitions of Hypercalcemia:

Hypercalcemia: An abnormally high concentration of calcium compounds in the circulating blood; commonly used to indicate an elevated concentration of calcium ions in the blood.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Abnormally high concentration of calcium in the peripheral blood. -- 2004
- (Source - Diseases Database)

The presence of abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood; usually the result of excessive bone resorption in hyperparathyroidism or Paget's disease
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)

Abnormally high level of calcium in the blood; manifestations include fatigability, muscle weakness, depression, anorexia, nausea, and constipation.
- (Source - CRISP)

Abnormally high blood calcium.
- (Source - National Cancer Institute)

Detailed list of causes of Hypercalcemia

The list below shows some of the causes of Hypercalcemia mentioned in various sources:

• Acute adult T-Cell leukemia - hypercalcemia
• Adrenal cortex insufficiency
• Adult T cell leukemia - hypercalcemia
• Adult T-Cell lymphoma - hypercalcemia
• Bartter Syndrome - hypercalcemia

See full list of 48 causes of Hypercalcemia

How Common are these Causes of Hypercalcemia?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Hypercalcemia. Of the 48 causes of Hypercalcemia that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 0 causes are "very common" diseases
• 0 causes are "common" diseases
• 0 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 2 causes are "rare" diseases
• 7 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 40 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 48 causes of Hypercalcemia

Conditions listing symptoms: Hypercalcemia:

The following list of conditions have 'Hypercalcemia' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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Causes of Hypercalcemia Based on Risk Factors

This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Hypercalcemia based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient: