Vit d and calcium after thyroid surgery

Brina 3 months ago

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Hello, does anyone takes alfacalcidol (hydroxycholecalciferol) for vit d and calcium after thyroid surgery and if so for how long ? Thanks

latchbrook 3 months ago

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barbaral 3 months ago

I didn't have to take these but it's not unusual for people to do so if their parathyroid glands are all removed of are damaged.

How long? That comes down to whether the parathyroids recover. If they are all gone, this may be a lifelong thing. If they were just damaged, they may bounce back and you can be weaned off the Ca and Vit D.

That said, even if you don't need Ca after a while, vitamin D is a good thing to take as there seems to be some correlation between getting TC and having very low vit D.

Best wishes

Barbara

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