Sentences with phrase «cause high blood calcium levels»

Higher than normal blood albumin levels have the ability to cause higher blood calcium levels.

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Gallium is already used to treat high calcium levels in the blood caused by cancer, he notes, and that could speed its course through drug trials.

This may cause high levels of calcium in the blood.

With advancing age high blood levels of calcium lead to calcification of soft tissues causing muscle contractions and stiffness; calcification of endocrine glands, especially the pineal gland and the ovaries; arteriosclerosis, kidney stones, and calcification of the kidneys ultimately leading to kidney failure.

In this particular dog's case, the glands were enlarged and were secreting an excessive amount of a hormone that caused the animal's blood calcium level to be elevated dangerously high.

Another potential cause is hyperlipidemia, or high fat levels in the blood or hypercalcemia, high calcium levels in the blood.

Rat bait containing cholecalciferol (Vitamin D) causes high calcium levels in the blood and can damage the kidneys, central nervous system, heart, and intestines.

It is caused by low levels of calcium in the blood stream due to the high demand for calcium in the milk.

There are a number of causes and risk factors that may contribute to their development; eg: the oversaturation of stone - forming materials in the dog's urine or increased levels of calcium in the urine and blood, and diets that produce high pH (alkaline) urine, and recurrent urinary tract infections.

High blood calcium levels have been reported to cause increased urination, perhaps through its ability to interfere with the action of antidiuretic hormone (ADH, AVP, vasopressin) released by your pet's pituitary gland.

High blood calcium levels are also occasionally seen in pets that are infected with some rare fungal diseases (blastomycosis, histoplasmosis, and coccidioidomycosis) and other infections that cause granulomas.

The high phosphorus levels, due to the kidney damage, causes the pet's parathyroid glands to secrete excess PTH hormone in an attempt to move calcium from the pet's bones into its blood stream.

But kidney issues in your pet will occasionally cause blood calcium levels to go up -(too high).

When your pet's blood albumin level is normal, the most common cause for abnormally high blood calcium level is a tumor (cancer, malignancy)(due to a paraneoplastic syndrome = PNS (ref)-RRB-.