Signs of hypocalcemia include the Chvostek sign and Trousseau sign. There are video demonstrations online of both signs.
just wondering if most people felt better immediately after surgery. I felt pretty good for about two weeks post surgey but then all the pain came back..arms, legs, fingers, toes, ribcage,back...wondering if it takes time and if so, how long and pehaps their are people that did not get any relief or feel better from surgery...I have stenosis so it is hard for me to tell if the tingling and burning is the stenosis, too much calcium, not enough calcium..how does one really know if they are having a hypocalcemia attack? my ionized calcium was taken again yesterday and is still 5.3 (range 4.6-5.3) so finding it hard to believe it could be hypocalcemia one day later..
thank you so much for the information. I am finding it difficult to find a good endocrinologist.
Excessive consumption of calcium (such as calcium carbonate (tums), milk, sodium bicarbonate) over a period of weeks or months can cause Milk-Alkali syndrome. Symptoms of Milk-Alkali range from hypercalcemia (high calcium levels) to metastatic calcification (deposition of calcium salts in normal tissue) to potentially fatal renal (kidney) failure.
Typically calcium levels are checked at 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year post op. With ionized calcium levels at borderline high range, taking 8 tums a day for 2 months may be far too much calcium intake. You may want to seek a second opinion.