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My friend got blood work back, and her blood calcium was 2.61 (reference range is between 2.15 and 2.60).
She would eat a little bit of cheese every now and then, and has avoided milk for decades, and has recently (at my urging) begun adding milk and a calcium carbonate supplement to her diet.
I assume she has elevated PTH from low life-long calcium intake, and her system isnt ready for the increased calcium intake in the short term.
I assume the chronic calcium intake will lower her PTH and blood calcium. My question is: how long can we practically expect this to take?
In the meantime, Im advising she keep the calcium intake up, and maybe increase kale or spinach for vitamin K.
She would eat a little bit of cheese every now and then, and has avoided milk for decades, and has recently (at my urging) begun adding milk and a calcium carbonate supplement to her diet.
I assume she has elevated PTH from low life-long calcium intake, and her system isnt ready for the increased calcium intake in the short term.
I assume the chronic calcium intake will lower her PTH and blood calcium. My question is: how long can we practically expect this to take?
In the meantime, Im advising she keep the calcium intake up, and maybe increase kale or spinach for vitamin K.