Hypercalcemia
What is hypercalcemia?
Causes of hypercalcemia
Symptoms of hypercalcemia
Remedies for hypercalcemia
What is hypercalcemia?
Hypercalcaemia (Hypercalcemia) is an elevated calcium level in the blood.
The normal range is 9-10.5 mg/dL or 2.2-2.6 mmol/L. Sometimes a single test may give a high reading which may be asymptomatic. In this case another test should be done.
Causes of hypercalcemia
- Release of calcium from the bones. This can be caused by body acidity, mineral imbalance, and particularly boron deficiency, which is common.
- Excessive intestinal calcium absorption. Causes include a diet with non-organic calcium, deficient gut bacteria, and boron deficiency.
- Insufficient renal (kidney) calcium excretion.
Symptoms of hypercalcemia
- Over time, hypercalcemia can lead to the precipitation of calcium in various forms such as kidney, liver and gall bladder stones, bone spurs, and the hardening or deposition of crystals in most organs, blood vessels, muscles and joints. This can contribute to a wide range of symptoms and diseases (tendinitis, gout, arthritis, heart disease, cataracts and many more degenerative diseases.)
- Kidney or liver stones.
- Bone pain.
- Abdominal pain, nausea / vomiting.
- Excessive production of urine, constipation.
- Depression and confusion.
- Fatigue.
- Anorexia.
- Pancreatitis.
- Abnormal heart rhythm.
Remedies / treatment for hypercalcemia
- Boron. The most important and effective treatment is to supplement with borax.
- Increase salt intake by using more sea salt (NOT refined salt) in the diet.
- Increase hydration, drinking more water.
- Diet. Avoid processed dairy products, low-fat dairy products, and processed foods high in polyunsaturated fats and low in saturated fats. Try to eat a living food, traditional type diet as recommended in my recipe book. Get a range of minerals in the diet, including magnesium. Enjoy an alkaline-forming diet.
- Probiotics. Vitamin K2 (menaquinone) is one of many vitamins that probiotic microbes make in your digestive tract. If the bacteria in your gut are out of balance, you may be deficient in K2 and several other B vitamins. A deficiency of vitamin K2 causes deposition of calcium on the artery walls and atherosclerosis.
- Drugs. Several pharmaceutical medications can cause calcium precipitation, particularly NSAID drugs. Try to avoid all pharmaceutical drugs (in consultation with your doctor).
- Supplement pills. Avoid high levels of vitamin A and vitamin D taken in pill form. Hypercalcemia is a classic sign of vitamin D toxicity, though this cause is unusual. Avoid all calcium compounds taken in pill form. I do not recommend calcium tablets - ever.