A person who has hyperparathyroidism typically can live around 6 to 8 years.
The symptoms of hyperparathyroidism are different in different people.
Sometimes people have symptoms making them miserable within the first year or two of having high blood calcium.
Other times it can go 6-8 years without causing too many problems.
Hyperparathyroidism is a condition in which your parathyroid glands create high amounts of parathyroid hormone in the bloodstream.
These glands, located behind the thyroid at the bottom of your neck, are about the size of a grain of rice.
The most common symptoms of hyperparathyroidism are chronic fatigue, body aches, difficulty sleeping, bone pain, memory loss, poor concentration, depression, and headaches.
Parathyroid disease also frequently leads to osteoporosis, kidney stones, hypertension, cardiac arrhythmias, and kidney failure.
In very severe cases of hyperparathyroidism, high calcium levels can lead to rapid kidney failure, loss of consciousness, coma, or serious life-threatening heart rhythm abnormalities.
However hyperparathyroidism is usually diagnosed at an early stage, and these complications are extremely rare.
There are three types of hyperparathyroidism: primary, secondary, and tertiary.
The symptoms of hyperparathyroid disease are.
A lump in the neck.
Difficulty speaking or swallowing.
Muscle weakness.
Sudden increase in blood calcium levels (hypercalcemia)
Fatigue, drowsiness.
Urinating more than usual, which may cause you to be dehydrated and very thirsty.
Bone pain and broken bones.
Kidney stones.
Hyperparathyroidism commonly presents with easy fatigability and muscle weakness with preserved reflex, which commonly mimics the predominantly lower motor neuron type of spinal muscle atrophy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Parathyroid disease and hyperparathyroidism are associated with weight gain.
The worries about gaining weight after parathyroid surgery are understandable but unfounded.
It is a myth that parathyroid surgery and removing a parathyroid tumor causes you to gain weight.