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Hypoparathyroidism: causesd by lack of PTH. See detailed information below for a list of 39 causes of Hypoparathyroidism, Symptom Checker, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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causes of Hypoparathyroidism
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Inadequate secretion of parathyroid hormone resulting in abnormally low levels of calcium in the blood
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)
Condition produced by greatly reduced function of the parathyroids possibly due to autoimmune disease or genetic factors, or by the removal of those bodies; lack of parathyroid hormone leads to a fall in plasma calcium level, which may result in increase neuromuscular excitability and ultimately tetany followed by a rise in plasma phosphate level.
- (Source - CRISP)
Hypoparathyroidism is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Hypoparathyroidism, or a subtype of Hypoparathyroidism,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
- (Source - National Institute of Health)
The list below shows some of the causes of Hypoparathyroidism mentioned in various sources:
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This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Hypoparathyroidism. Of the 39 causes of Hypoparathyroidism that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
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Medical Conditions associated with Hypoparathyroidism:
Thyroid symptoms (172 causes), Endocrine symptoms (217 causes), Abnormal blood test symptoms (1538 causes), Thyroid problems (154 causes), Blood symptoms (2297 causes)
Symptoms related to Hypoparathyroidism:
Barakat syndrome, DiGeorge's syndrome (1 cause), Dubowitz syndrome, Fahr disease, Haemosiderosis, Hypomagnesemia, Hypoparathyroidism (39 causes), Autoimmune, Kenny-Caffey-Linarelli syndrome
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