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My doctor said my calcium was high so they did a retest on the calcium and a PTH test. I was told they were both normal. Calcium was 10.2 and PTH was  135. Are these indeed normal?  I have pain in my uper arms 24/7 I have fibromylagia, tenderness in neck ,under chin ,chest, upper arms ,shoulders ,calves ,lower back pain . Back of neck is numb and I get hot spots on my head,skin looks red. I'm 138lbs and 66 yrs old. My brain is somewhat  foogy.
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393685 tn?1425812522
The 10.2 on calcium could indicate a higher ratio in the normal references than most. Not knowing what the PTH level was here can't be commented on by me.

I do suggest a full workup of all parathyroid labs be done to correlate all the tests together to see if you may need to follow up with more parathyroid scans.

A calcium lab that measures both ionized and serum
A Vit D test
Phosphorus
and another PTH

With symptoms you describe and seeing the higher end of calcium in your blood it would be good to get a second opinion from a parathyroid specialist.
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441506 tn?1267533765
I agree. Find an endo to do more blood work. Your levels are too high. Who knows, if they can regulate your calcium, you may feel a lot better.
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