2006-06-21 16:40:54 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
Depends on if the parathyroids were spared or not. The thyroid makes a hormone called calcitonin which lowers calcium when there is too much in the blood. The parathyroids make a hormone called PTH which increase calcium levels in the blood if there is too little.
So you can see that without these hormones, your body loses most of it's ability to regulate the amount of calcium in the blood. Too much calcium in the blood is a serious condition as this excess calcium is deposited in organs & blood vessels. This can affect your heart (as the previous poster mentioned), but even more dangerous is that it could cause your kidneys to fail. See your doc for more information.
2006-06-21 16:52:11 · answer #1 · answered by jml3148 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a certified nuclear medicine technologist and this is kind of our specialty. The thyroid's main purpose is to process iodine into hormones for the hypothalamus that is it's master in the brain stem. Calcium is regulated by the parathyroid, which releases hormones such as calcitonin. The brain senses that the calcium in the blood is too low, it sends hormones to the parathyroid to release hormones that actually work to release calcium from the bone matrix in your skeletal system. There are also hormones released by the parathyroid to curb high calcium blood levels, it is all an intricate feedback system, operated by the parathyroid. It is crucial that this system works for many reasons; the myocardium (heart muscles) depend on calcium to remain in a normal rythmic pattern. This is just one example of calcium regulation's relevance. Many of these new drugs on the market for osteoporosis are drugs that act like the hormone released from the brain to trigger the calcium building parathyroid hormones that influence osteoblasts (bone builders).
I assume that you have had a surgery to remove the thyroid followed by radioablative I131 therapy to remove any residual thyroid tissue. Thus I am sure you have been prescribed synthroid to take every day for the rest of your life?
2006-06-21 19:14:54 · answer #2 · answered by nukecat25 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The thyroid has nothing to do with calcium. It's all about iodine. That's why they give you radioactive iodine to kill the thyroid when you have a hyper-thyroid. You just can't eat anything for two hours before or one hour after you take your thyroid medicine if you have hypo-thyroid. You also can't have any anti-gas medicine within four hours within taking your thyroid medicine because it makes it ineffective.
2006-06-21 16:50:58 · answer #3 · answered by unicornfarie1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
absence of thyroid glands due to surgicl removal leads to rickets, convulsions, disease, weakness, twisting of muscles, muscle cramps,, teeth problems, fatness and dullness, etc.,
IN TAKE OF calcium SUPLLEMENT MAY HELP TO SOME EXTENT,.
THE BEST REMEDY IS to go in for acupressure treatment with the aid of an acupressure kit daily twice to activate ALL THE INTERNAL ORGANS AND ALL OTHER ENDOCRINE GLANDS
2006-06-21 17:00:55 · answer #4 · answered by doctorasm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
can affect the heart because serum calcium builds up
2006-06-21 16:44:39 · answer #5 · answered by raharelpn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a tough question.
When I have medical questions I usually go to www.webmd.com
I hope you will be able to find your answer there. :)
2006-06-21 16:46:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Their nails and hair grow faster.
2006-06-21 16:43:34 · answer #7 · answered by DELETED ACCOUNT 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
essential for strong teeth & bones.. prevents osteoperosis
2006-06-21 17:06:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋