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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
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Symptoms
"Bones, stones, groans, and psychic moans" is a saying which will help you remember the signs and symptoms of hypercalcemia; if it is chronic it can result in urinary calculi (renal stones or bladder stones). Abnormal heart rhythms can result, and EKG findings of a short QT interval and a widened T wave suggest hypercalcemia.
Symptoms are more common at high calcium blood values (12.0 mg/dL or 3 mmol/l). Severe hypercalcemia (above 15-16 mg/dL or 3.75-4 mmol/l) is considered a medical emergency: at these levels, coma and cardiac arrest can result.
Hypercalcemia per se can result in:
Complete List of Possible Symptoms
- Renal stones
- Headaches
- Bone pain and/or weakness
- Abdominal pain
- Confusion
- Nausea/vomiting
- Constipation
- Peptic ulcer disease
- Hallucinations
- Bradycardia
- Insulin resistance
- Glucose intolerance
- Muscle weakness
- Hyporeflexia
- Polyuria
- Shortened QT interval
- Pancreatitis
- Psychosis
- Depression
- Anxiety