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I have multiple daily episodes that begin with extreme ...


Sent to Health Experts October 14, 2007 6:18 p.m.

I have multiple daily episodes that begin with extreme thirst, a flare of pain that begins mid spine and wraps around my ribs, followed by a sweat. This occurs more often at night, approximately 6 -8 times, and less frequently during the day, but with equal intensity. They last about 2-4 minutes on a pain chart of 5-6, sometimes more. Afterwards, my ribs remain achy. I generally have to sit down when they occur, or in bed, sit up. I pass several kidney stones a month. My urinalysis indicates hypercalcemia. Could this be related?

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MRI, showed Tarov 6 Tarlov cysts up and down spinal cord. Told they were irrelavant. scan of the gallbladder, kidneys. Showed 4 stones in right kidney, 1 in the left. colonoscopy and stomach scope- all clear
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October 14, 2007 6:23 p.m. (4 minutes and 23 seconds later)
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Hello,

have you had any testing done?

What about gallbladder?

Thanks,

Macy



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October 14, 2007 6:25 p.m. (1 minute and 53 seconds later)

Hello,

I see your test now. They weren't showing up a minute ago.



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Sent October 14, 2007 6:26 p.m. (1 minute and 32 seconds later)

gallbladder was scanned, as well as aortic valve, stomach scoped, kidneys showed multiple stones.
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October 14, 2007 6:33 p.m. (7 minutes and 14 seconds later)

Hi, Customer (name blocked for privacy),

Macy May has asked me to take a look at your question. Have your kidney stones been analyzed to determine what type of stone they are?

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Sent October 14, 2007 6:47 p.m. (13 minutes and 27 seconds later)

Yes, they appear to be oxalate in substance. I cannot seem to get an answer as to why I produce so much calcium in the urine. Blood tests show elevated calcium also, but not all the time.
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October 14, 2007 7:06 p.m. (19 minutes and 22 seconds later)

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Sent October 14, 2007 7:35 p.m. (29 minutes and 5 seconds later)

I have suspected parathyroid problems, hince the hypercalcemia, but was told my parathyroid resgisters low when the calcium is high. I saw a neurosergeon about the Tarlov cysts. All he could say was they don't operate on them. (The last thing I'd want!) I have all of the symptoms described in the bones, stones, groans and psychic moans mentioned above, but no solution, nor an answer to the main question of radiating pain, which is driving me to distraction due to lack of sleep.
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October 14, 2007 7:49 p.m. (13 minutes and 42 seconds later)
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I'm sure the pain must be awful! Any pain can radiate from one location to another. It's hard to tell sometimes where the source of the problem is. All you can really do on your own is the suggestions in the link: plenty of water, low oxalate foods, lower protein diet, etc. The endocrinologists need to find out where all that calcium is coming from. I'm sorry I can't tell you online, or I certainly would. Certainly the parathyroid is the first place (and the easiest place) to look for an answer. It is also true that some small percentage of people who have parathyroid problems will have normal parathyroid levels in the face of high calcium.

http://www.parathyroid.com/parathyroid-symptoms.htm



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