the lab I went to for this test listed the normal range as 18 to 116pg/mL. have you ever seen this range used for the PTH test? when I asked them, they said it had to do with the specific equipment they use for that test... but I really don't understand why I don't see that range anywhere online.
@@BMHlearning no, it actually ended up being what they said. I asked a friend of mine who's a nurse practitioner here in ecuador, and she said those are the values she usually sees here. Thanks for responding though
I don’t really understand. Please help: if someone with very low PTH ( due to thyroidectomy) keeps taking high dosis of calcium and Vit D then the PTH test will keep showing low levels? my daughter 9 years old, had thyroidectomy 6 months ago, PTH TEST from today showed >2 ( normal should be 11-81), she takes 2000mg calcium daily. My question is, the high intake of calcium might be bringing the Pth to these levels ?
Actually...PTH controls the level of calcium in the blood... Now how PTH functions ? So, If calcium blood levels are too low, your parathyroid glands will release PTH into the blood. This causes calcium levels to rise. If calcium blood levels are too high, these glands will stop making PTH In ur case PTH is abnormally low due to thyroidectomy ....this simply means ur body cant control calcium levels.....so this would lead to Hypoparathyroidism....that is low PTH ...in turn low calcium...that's what happening in ur case
@@BMHlearning could happen that a very high intake of calcium would drop PTH to those anormal levels? I mean until she keeps taking the 2000mg calcium we won’t ever know if the PTH is being produced or not? That’s my doubt
See this would resolve eventually, ...and u have to constantly monitor the pth levels bcs it's natural to develop hypoparathyroidism after thyroidectomy Once the results are in normal range ur doctor would stop the supplement prescription
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the lab I went to for this test listed the normal range as 18 to 116pg/mL.
have you ever seen this range used for the PTH test?
when I asked them, they said it had to do with the specific equipment they use for that test... but I really don't understand why I don't see that range anywhere online.
Thats wrong
Correct : Normal values : 10 : 55 pg/mL
@@BMHlearning no, it actually ended up being what they said. I asked a friend of mine who's a nurse practitioner here in ecuador, and she said those are the values she usually sees here.
Thanks for responding though
@BMH learning please help.
well explained In my test my PTH level is 102.6
I don’t really understand. Please help: if someone with very low PTH ( due to thyroidectomy) keeps taking high dosis of calcium and Vit D then the PTH test will keep showing low levels? my daughter 9 years old, had thyroidectomy 6 months ago, PTH TEST from today showed >2 ( normal should be 11-81), she takes 2000mg calcium daily. My question is, the high intake of calcium might be bringing the Pth to these levels ?
Actually...PTH controls the level of calcium in the blood...
Now how PTH functions ?
So, If calcium blood levels are too low, your parathyroid glands will release PTH into the blood. This causes calcium levels to rise. If calcium blood levels are too high, these glands will stop making PTH
In ur case PTH is abnormally low due to thyroidectomy ....this simply means ur body cant control calcium levels.....so this would lead to Hypoparathyroidism....that is low PTH ...in turn low calcium...that's what happening in ur case
@@BMHlearning could happen that a very high intake of calcium would drop PTH to those anormal levels? I mean until she keeps taking the 2000mg calcium we won’t ever know if the PTH is being produced or not? That’s my doubt
See this would resolve eventually, ...and u have to constantly monitor the pth levels bcs it's natural to develop hypoparathyroidism after thyroidectomy
Once the results are in normal range ur doctor would stop the supplement prescription
Calcium intake itself can't bring down pth ... Pth is down bcs of the thyroidectomy
@@BMHlearning got it. Thank you so much for taking the time to answer 🙏