What the parathyroid autoimmune disease?

Thryoiditis, or Graves disease or hashimotos disease

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The four (or sometimes more) parathyroid glands, situated on the outer tips of the thyroid lobes, produce and secrete parathyroid hormone (PTH). PTH, along with the hormone vitamin D, regulates the body's calcium and phosphate levels and activates the conversion of 25-hydroxyvitamin D to 1, 25 -dihydroxyvitamin D, the active form of vitamin D that stimulates calcium and phosphate absorption from the gastrointestinal tract. When the parathyroid glands fail to secrete sufficient amounts of thyroid hormone, a condition of hypoparathyroidism develops. Low calcium and high phosphorus levels and their associated symptoms are the most significant effects of hypoparathyroidism.

Hypoparathyroidism can occur as a primary disorder caused by a genetic mutation or it can be caused by autoimmune destruction of the parathyroid glands. Alternately, hypoparathyroidism can occur as an acquired disorder caused by surgical removal of the parathyroid or thyroid glands, by magnesium deficiency or excess or by infiltrative disease caused by malignancy, chemical and drug toxicity, Wilson disease, sarcoidosis, radiation injury, mechanical injury, or infection. This article discusses the condition of autoimmune hypoparathyroidism.

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