NOUN
- the presence of abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood; usually the result of excessive bone resorption in hyperparathyroidism or Paget's disease
How To Use hypercalcemia In A Sentence
- Hypercalcemia increases calcium, which is believed to activate trypsinogen.
- When the hypercalcemia is due to toxicity from vitamin D2 therapy, it may last for several weeks.
- And unless you happen to have existing problems that can be made worse by excess calcium, hypercalcemia or milk-alkali syndrome are not high priority worries. Milk-Alkali Syndrome
- In the chronic therapy of hypercalcemia caused by increased bone resorption or increased intestinal calcium absorption glucocorticoids are effective.
- This is a condition called hypercalcemia, and causes muscle weakness, fatigue and depression, among other things usually kidney stones and inflammation of the pancreas. Archive 2009-03-01
- Vitamin D excess can cause health problems such as hypercalcemia, vomiting, thirst and tissue damage. YubaNet.com
- Hypercalcemia, rarely, may also cause seizures, possibly related to small cerebral vessel occlusion.
- Other solid tumors associated with hypercalcemia arise from lung, kidney, liver, cervix, prostate, and thyroid.
- After 7 months'therapy the patient developed progressive weakness, intolerance to hemodialysis, hyperphosphatemia and hypercalcemia.
- Hypercalcemia is a disorder commonly encountered by primary care physicians.
