Hypercalcemia (patient information)

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Hypercalcemia is a disorder in which there is too much calcium in the blood.

What are the symptoms of Hypercalcemia?

Abdominal symptoms:

• Constipation
• Nausea
• Pain
• Poor appetite
• Vomiting

Kidney symptoms:

• Flank pain
• Frequent thirst
• Frequent urination

Muscle symptoms:

• Muscle twitches
• Weakness

Psychological symptoms:

• Apathy
• Dementia
• Depression
• Irritability
• Memory loss

Skeletal symptoms:

• Bone pain
• Bowing of the shoulders
• Fractures due to disease (pathological fractures)
• Loss of height
• Spinal column curvature

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