Any natural options for overactive parathyroid

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have you had your vit d level checked ?

Yes and I have been supplementing with vitamin d. I have read that can help a lot with some people. So far mixed results. The problem is it takes an order from the doc to get a test and so no idea where I am between tests to adjust the dosage if necessary. Wish there was a home test like for glucose.

Check out parathyroid.com web site. This is nothing to mess with. Great web site

raw vegan diet only!!!

Taking vitamin d can make your calcium go higher, which will make your symptoms worse. Possibly cause a stroke!!!! Please get your lab work done to check your calcium levels and PTH levels before supplementing with vitamin d .. If you have an adenoma on your parathyroid gland , you need to have it removed.

You can also order your own lab work on line.

The web site is called Walk-in Lab.com

You need to have it removed. It can cause all sorts of damage to your body. My husband flew to Tampa to have one taken out (there is a clinic there that specializes in parathyroid removal) and it took 45 minutes and we flew home the next day. His memory fogginess, grumpiness, aches and pains all disappeared within a week. Nothing to mess around with. Good luck!

Oops..forgot to give you the link to the clinic. They are very easy to work with and will answer any questions you have. They can refer you to someone closer, also. We live in a small town and the surgeon had only done two of these surgeries so we opted to go to Tampa since is was fairly close.

[link to www.parathyroid.com]

I would really like to find alternatives to surgery please. I have read several recent endocrine studies where people with hyperparathyroid were given vitamin d therapy and no ones calcium went up. My calcium level did not go up even when my vitamin d level was above the high normal range. I know that has been a concern in the past but from what I have read it is not the case.

the thing is , if your parathyroid hormone levels are raised just because of vit d deficiency then they will go down if you supplement ( a lot of vit d supplements come with calcium )but if it's because of primary over activity of the parathyroid gland then you need to know whast your calcium is

calcium is really important and can cause lots of vague niggly symptoms ( like the other poster mentioned ) if it's too high

you can only seriously consider your options if you know exactly what's going on

and if you know the primary problem is your parathyroid glands then surgery may well be the best on offer
i don't know of any alternatives if that is the problem

have you seen a medical herbalist? might be worth a chat

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When you've an overactive parathyroid gland, your body suppresses it's vitamin D level as a self-protective measure, because Vit D helps the gut wall to absorb more calcium from food - hence increasing (dangerously) the level of calcium in the blood even further.

My husband tried a naturopath for two years before his calcium became extremely elevated. His MD said that your calcium should never be high or it can ruin a lot of your bodily functions. He tried everything and is normally a very healthy person, who eats primarily local grown/raised organic meats and vegetables. I am not sure in the case of your parathyroid that you can reverse the problem once it has started.