Sentences with phrase «hyperparathyroidism leads»

Juvenile hyperparathyroidism leads to a constant state of elevated parathyroid hormone, affecting calcium and phosphorus balance within the body.

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While most cases of osteoporosis are caused by normal aging, another leading cause of the bone - loss disease is a condition called hyperparathyroidism, in which the parathyroid glands release an excessive amount of a hormone that regulates the body's calcium levels.

«To treat a leading cause of osteoporosis, surgery is better than widely used medications: Using drugs to combat hyperparathyroidism is worse than doing nothing at all.»

High body phosphorus levels in your pet leads to loss of bone calcium (secondary renal hyperparathyroidism).

For example, all - meat homemade diets can be low in calcium, leading to a mineral imbalance that causes hyperparathyroidism, a disease more common in rapidly growing kittens.

Conversely, feeding unsupplemented home - cooked diets, meat - only diets, or poor - quality diets high in plant - based phytates that bind calcium may result in calcium deficiency, which can lead to nutritional hyperparathyroidism, osteomalacia, and associated pathologic fractures.

[34] Three of the diets had inadequate calcium - to - phosphorus ratios, which may lead to hyperparathyroidism and fibrous osteodystrophy in puppies.