Amazoniac
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Based on Cicerus' practical experience, it could be that you were not drinking plenty of liquids (how thirsty wered you?), that the rest of your diet had more calcium than you've predicted, or that a dose was high enough to clear a great deal of calcium from circulation and the body sensing the shortage had to pull it from bones as an emergency (maybe PTH settled on a normal range after the flood of calcium from bones). The kidneys have to deal with this concentration, making them susceptible to damage. I don't know for how long they're able to keep up without issues, but usually stress hormones kick in when things go awry and they're effective in helping to prevent problems. According to him, calcitonin from exercise also helps to mitigate that (I'm just repeating this one).I was hospitalized for HYPERCALCEMIA caused by taking high doses of oral Vitamin D. (I was taking no Vitamin A or K to balance it out, and was also taking no calcium and wasn't drinking milk at this stage in my life.)
High Serum Calcium (higher than 10) is supposedly a high risk for Acute Kidney Failure.
Strangely enough, when I was hospitalized, with a Calcium level of 16, I felt normal, but it did take 3 days to go back to normal levels.
Do you think transient high Calcium levels, in the absence of thyroid or high PTH, is mostly benign?