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Hypercalcaemia
Classification and external resources
Calcium
ICD-10 E83.5
ICD-9 275.42
DiseasesDB 6196
MedlinePlus 000365
eMedicine med/1068  emerg/260 ped/1062
MeSH D006934

Hypercalcaemia (in US English Hypercalcemia) is an elevated calcium level in the blood. Calcium (ˈkælsiəm is the Chemical element with the symbol Ca and Atomic number 20 The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (most commonly known by the abbreviation ICD) provides codes to classify Diseases The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision ( ICD -10) is a coding of diseases and signs symptoms abnormal findings E00-E35 - Endocrine diseases (E00-E07 Thyroid gland / Thyroid hormone ( Congenital iodine-deficiency syndrome ( The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (most commonly known by the abbreviation ICD) provides codes to classify Diseases The following is a list of codes for International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. The Diseases Database is a free Website that provides information about the relationships between medical conditions Symptoms, and Medications. MedlinePlus, with the MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia, is a website network containing Health information from the world's largest medical Library eMedicine is an online clinical medical knowledge base that was founded in 1996 by Scott Plantz and Richard Lavely two medical doctors Medical Subject Headings ( MeSH) is a huge Controlled vocabulary (or metadata system for the purpose of indexing journal articles and books Calcium (Ca2+ plays a vital role in the Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry of Organisms and of the cell, particularly Blood is a specialized Bodily fluid that delivers necessary substances to the body's cells such as nutrients and oxygen—and transports Waste products (Normal range: 9-10. 5 mg/dL or 2. 2-2. 6 mmol/L). It can be an asymptomatic laboratory finding, but because an elevated calcium level is often indicative of other diseases, a diagnosis should be undertaken if it persists. It can be due to excessive skeletal calcium release, increased intestinal calcium absorption, or decreased renal calcium excretion.

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Signs and symptoms

Hypercalcemia per se can result in fatigue, depression, confusion, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, constipation, pancreatitis or increased urination "Bones, stones, groans, and psychic moans" is a saying which will help you remember the signs and symptoms of hypercalcemia; if it is chronic it can result in urinary calculi (renal stones or bladder stones). Major depressive disorder, also known as major depression, unipolar depression, unipolar disorder, clinical depression, or simply depression Confusion, of a Pathological degree usually refers to loss of orientation (ability to place oneself correctly in the world by time location and personal identity and Anorexia (deriving from the Greek "α(ν-" ( a(n-, a prefix that denotes absence + "όρεξη (orexe = appetite is the decreased sensation Nausea ( Latin: Nausea, Greek:, " Sea-sickness " also called wamble) is the sensation of unease and discomfort Vomiting (also called throwing up, emesis) is the forceful expulsion of the contents of one's Stomach through the Mouth and sometimes the Constipation, costiveness, or irregularity, is a condition of the Digestive system in which a person (or animal experiences hard Feces that Pancreatitis is the Inflammation of the Pancreas. See also Acute pancreatitis and Chronic pancreatitis for more details In Medicine, polyuria is a condition characterized by the passage of large volumes of urine (at least 2 Kidney stones, also called renal calculi, are solid concretions (crystal aggregations of dissolved minerals in Urine; calculi typically form Abnormal heart rhythms can result, and EKG findings of a short QT interval and a widened T wave suggest hypercalcemia. Dysrhythmia redirects here For the American band see Dysrhythmia (band. In medicine specifically Cardiology, the QT interval is a measure of the time between the start of the Q wave and the end of the T wave in the heart's

Symptoms are more common at high calcium blood values (12. A Reference range is a set of values used by a Health professional to interpret a set of Medical test results 0 mg/dL or 3 mmol/l). Severe hypercalcemia (above 15-16 mg/dL or 3. 75-4 mmol/l) is considered a medical emergency: at these levels, coma and cardiac arrest can result. A medical emergency is an Injury or Illness that is acute and poses an immediate risk to a person's life or long term health In Medicine, a coma (from the Greek koma, meaning deep sleep is a profound state of Unconsciousness. A cardiac arrest, also known as cardiorespiratory arrest, cardiopulmonary arrest or circulatory arrest, is the abrupt cessation of normal circulation of

Causes

Treatments

The goal of therapy is to treat the hypercalcemia first and subsequently effort is directed to treat the underlying cause. Sarcoidosis, also called sarcoid (from the Greek sarx, meaning "flesh" or Besnier-Boeck disease, is an immune system disorder characterized The Mendelian Inheritance in Man project is a Database that catalogues all the known Diseases with a genetic component, and—when possible—links them Rhabdomyolysis is the rapid breakdown ( Lysis) of Skeletal muscle tissue ( rhabdomyo) due to injury to muscle tissue Hyperthyroidism is the term for overactive tissue within the Thyroid gland resulting in overproduction and thus an excess of circulating free thyroid hormones Thyroxine Thiazide is a term used to describe a type of molecule and a class of Diuretic. Vitamin A refers to a family of similarly shaped molecules the Retinoids. Paget's disease, otherwise known as osteitis deformans, is a chronic disorder that typically results in enlarged and deformed bones Renal failure or kidney Secondary hyperparathyroidism refers to the excessive secretion of Parathyroid hormone (PTH by the Parathyroid glands in response to Hypocalcemia (low WikipediaNaming In Medicine, milk-alkali syndrome, also called Burnett's syndrome in honour of the American physician who first described it is characterized by Hypercalcemia caused

Initial therapy: fluids and diuretics

Additional therapy: bisphosphonates and calcitonin

Other therapies

See also

A phosphate, an Inorganic chemical, is a salt of Phosphoric acid. Calcium metabolism or calcium homeostasis is the mechanism by which the body maintains adequate Calcium levels Dent's disease (or Dent disease) is a rare X-linked recessive inherited condition that affects the Kidney. In Medicine, hypocalcaemia is the presence of low serum Calcium levels in the Blood, usually taken as less than 2 Electrolytes play a vital role in maintaining Homeostasis within the body Disorders of calcium metabolism occur when the body has too little or too much Calcium. A section of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System.

Dictionary

hypercalcaemia

-noun

  1. Alternative spelling of hypercalcemia.
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