#parathyroid surgery

[havokwreaker]

Got back from the hospital today! The surgery was a success, but now my throat is super sore as well as my neck where the incision was made. I already feel so much better!! Apparently it was "the biggest adenoid in his whole career" that he removed.

[cancercarespecialties]

The Unsung Heroes: Parathyroid Surgeons and Their Vital Role in Healthcare

In the vast landscape of medicine, certain specialists often work behind the scenes, yet their contributions are nothing short of extraordinary. Among these unsung heroes are parathyroid surgeons, whose expertise and precision play a critical role in restoring health and quality of life to patients with parathyroid disorders. While their work may not always grab the headlines, the impact they have on individuals' lives is profound and far-reaching.

Understanding the Parathyroid Glands

Before delving into the role of Parathyroid Dubai, it's essential to grasp the significance of the parathyroid glands themselves. Despite their small size and relatively unknown nature compared to other organs, the parathyroid glands are indispensable to the body's functioning. These tiny glands, usually four in number and located near the thyroid gland in the neck, produce parathyroid hormone (PTH), which regulates calcium levels in the blood.

Maintaining the delicate balance of calcium is crucial for numerous bodily functions, including bone health, muscle function, and nerve transmission. When this balance is disrupted due to overactivity or underactivity of the parathyroid glands, various health problems can arise, ranging from kidney stones to osteoporosis.

The Role of Parathyroid Surgeons

Enter the parathyroid surgeon, a highly specialized medical professional trained in the intricacies of parathyroid gland disorders and their surgical treatment. Parathyroid surgeons are typically endocrine surgeons or otolaryngologists with additional training and expertise in the field of parathyroid surgery.

Their role begins with accurately diagnosing parathyroid disorders, which can be challenging due to the glands' small size and location. Through a combination of imaging studies, blood tests, and clinical assessment, parathyroid surgeons identify whether a patient is suffering from hyperparathyroidism (overactive glands) or hypoparathyroidism (underactive glands).

Once a diagnosis is confirmed, the surgeon devises a treatment plan tailored to the individual patient's needs. In cases of hyperparathyroidism, the most common condition, surgical removal of the overactive gland or glands is often necessary to restore normal calcium levels and alleviate symptoms. This procedure, known as parathyroidectomy, requires exceptional skill and precision to ensure the successful removal of the affected tissue while preserving the function of the remaining glands.

The Precision of Parathyroid Surgery

What sets parathyroid surgery apart is the need for meticulous attention to detail and surgical precision. The parathyroid glands are tiny, typically no larger than a grain of rice, and they are nestled among vital structures in the neck. As such, parathyroid surgeons must navigate a complex network of nerves, blood vessels, and the thyroid gland itself to access and remove the diseased tissue.

Advancements in surgical techniques and technology have revolutionized the field of parathyroid surgery, allowing for minimally invasive approaches that result in smaller incisions, less postoperative pain, and quicker recovery times for patients. Techniques such as focused parathyroidectomy, which uses intraoperative localization methods to target the diseased gland precisely, have become standard practice in many surgical centers, further enhancing the success rates of these procedures.

The Impact on Patient Lives

For patients suffering from parathyroid disorders, the expertise of a skilled Parathyroid Surgery Dubai can be life-changing. Relief from debilitating symptoms such as fatigue, weakness, bone pain, and kidney stones can significantly improve quality of life and restore the ability to engage in daily activities free from the burden of illness.

Moreover, by addressing hyperparathyroidism surgically, patients can reduce their risk of long-term complications such as osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, and kidney dysfunction, ultimately leading to better overall health outcomes.

Conclusion

While they may not always occupy the spotlight, parathyroid surgeons are undoubtedly among the unsung heroes of modern medicine. Through their specialized knowledge, technical skill, and unwavering dedication to patient care, these professionals make a profound difference in the lives of individuals affected by parathyroid disorders. As our understanding of these conditions continues to evolve and surgical techniques advance, the role of parathyroid surgeons remains as vital as ever in providing effective treatment and restoring health and well-being to those in need.

[the-writer1988]

I've had three major operations in my life. And a few minor ones.

I never really go into personal things here on tumblr but I'm making an exception.

1) abdominal surgery to fit a peritoneal dialysis tube when I was 17 in 2005 so I could do dialysis at hone when i was diagnosed with end stage renal failure.

2) Kidney transplant in 2006, donated by my brother to me. At the same time, they also removed the dialysis tube.

3) Removal of parathyroid glands in my neck, which if it had gone wrong, I could have lost my voice. Thankfully, it didn't!

[vampiricvenus]

Let's help Sami and his family!

[Vetted on #21 on this spreadsheet]

I was contacted by Sami @samiealkhliliy1 to help spread his campaign.

Sami lived quiet life with his wife and their 3 children: Jud, Lin, and Misk, along with his ailing mother, who suffers from chronic thyroid and parathyroid disease, and his four siblings: Hamza, Bilal, Muhammad, and Layan. Sami worked hard in his modest shop, selling car spare parts to provide his family with a decent, stable life.

As you probably can guess, Sami and his family have lost everything during this genocide, including his home and source of income.

Since their displacement, Sami’s mother’s health has deteriorated due to the lack of essential medicines, and she urgently needs surgery.

This family's campaign is very low on funds. Let's help them escape this hell towards a better future.

€1,249/€30,000

[l3irdl3rain]

wow Persephone, you get TWO thyroid tumors? save some for the rest of us,,,,,,

(I hope her tumors are manageable/treatable! good luck to you and the little lady)

She is SO special. Also I am going to use your ask as an info dump. As always, I have no actual formal education. So this is what I know from my job / from talking to doc. So don’t take my word as law for any of this bc I may have gotten some things mixed up.

Surgery is an option actually, but only for one tumor. When he takes out the thyroid tumor he also ends up removing the parathyroid. She needs to keep at least one of those, which is why he can only remove one tumor. I also could probably find a specialist who could remove both tumors and leave both parathyroids intact

The tumors are usually begin, but we’d send it out just to make sure it really is. And before we do surgery we’ll want to do bloodwork as well as take chest radiographs and make sure she would A) survive surgery, and B) not be putting her through a surgery when she’s only got a month or two left to live.

[dathomirdumpsterfire]

For fun, I wanted to think through which organs Darth Maul is actually missing. This gives us clues as to which bodily processes he just doesn't have anymore, which ones he's using sith juju to make up for, and what Talzin or Death Watch might've done for him with the prosthetics. To be fair, humans have about 70 to 80 possible organs systems (don't ask), but who knows what zabrak have, and where they truly are located. We can only guess.

✓ Means he probably has this.

X Means he probably doesn't have this.

O Means he probably only has some.

(Checklist and conclusions below the cut.)

✓ Adrenal glands (above the kidneys)

X Anus

X Appendix

X Bladder

O Bones

O Bone marrow (spongy part of the bone)

✓ Brain

✓ Bronchi (tubes in the lungs)

✓ Diaphragm (muscle of breathing)

✓ Ears

✓ Esophagus

✓ Eyes

✓ Gallbladder

X Genitals

✓ Heart ( 2 of them!)

✓ Hypothalamus (in the brain)

O Joints

✓ Kidneys

O Large intestine

✓ Larynx (voice box)

✓ Liver

✓ Lungs

O Lymph nodes

O Mesentery (Nerves, vessel, & fat storage in gut)

✓ Mouth

✓ Nasal cavity

✓ Nose

✓ Pancreas (hormones/enzymes)

✓ Pineal gland (in the brain- hormone production)

✓ Parathyroid glands (hormones, in the neck)

✓ Pharynx (back of the throat)

✓ Pituitary gland (in the brain, hormones)

X Prostate

X Rectum

✓ Salivary glands

O Skeletal muscles

O Skin

O Small intestine

O Spinal cord

✓ Spleen (big blood filter)

✓ Stomach

✓ Teeth

✓ Thymus gland (immune training, in the chest)

✓ Thyroid (hormones, in the neck)

✓ Trachea

✓ Tongue

O Ureters (Kidney to bladder tubes)

X Urethra

O Ligaments (connect muscles to bones)

O Tendons (connect bones to bones)

✓ Blood cells

✓ Hair (Uhhh... horns? I guess he has eyelashes?)

✓ The vestibular system (of the ear)

X Testes (unless zabrak locate them internally)

✓ Nails

X Vas deferens (testes to genitals tube)

X Seminal vesicles (semen fluid production)

X Bulbourethral glands (makes preejaculate)

X Penis

X Scrotum (if zabrak keep the testes externally)

✓ Parathyroid glands (neck, hormonal)

O Thoracic ducts (Where lymph flows into veins)

O Arteries

O Veins

O Capillaries

O Lymphatic vessels

✓ Tonsils

O Nerves

O Subcutaneous tissue

O Olfactory epithelium (nose)

✓ Cerebellum

Long story short, besides just his legs and genitals, Maul lost most of his digestive and urinary systems.

He actually kept almost all of his life-critical organs, so whatever sith voodoo he was doing to stay alive on Lotho Minor was probably focused on fighting off sepsis (due to the unclean end points of his digestive system. Remember he got cauterized by a lightsaber so assume he had to make... new holes. There may have also been some self-done surgery to reconnect what remained of his large and small intestines.)

The loss of his testes, if he indeed had human typical location for them, could have proven a growing problem, considering that they make 90% of a man's testosterone, and that's needed just to have normal amounts of energy.

The digestive track is also a problem, as the gut microbiome is where a lot of neurochemicals are produced. For example, 95%~ of the body's seratonin is produced in the gut. Lacking huge chunks of his small and large intestine means that Maul had poor absorbtion of nutrients, and probably needed to eat all the time just to get a fraction of the calories and nutrients from his food.

So. He lived on the edge of starvation due to a truncated digestive track, had low energy, mood imbalances like you wouldn't believe, and constant sepsis. I'm sure the acid rain being the only source of fresh water was also just, so helpful.

I assume, by the lack of black veins on him afterward, and (sort of?) stable mood, that talzin might've regrown some of his gut and fixed the end point issues. Later on, Death Watch (being mandalorians) might've given him more robust life support systems that included testosterone replacement and cybernetic genitals. Seems like what they would do for their own people.

Possible lingering complications? I assume he has a VERY weird relationship with food. He had spider legs for twelve years, so bipedal motion probably fails him sometimes. Back pain. Phantom leg pain. Nerve junction issues. Immune system weirdness (from all that missing marrow, and a long stint with sepsis). Issues storing fat. Talzin yoloed his brain back to sane-adjacent, so mental health is... I mean. Yeah. Triggers. Teeth prone to chipping and cavities (from malnutrition and acid water). Possibly goes to the bathroom once a day and urinates like a race horse. Issues with being touched, myriad phobias, and a squirrelly libido.

Did I miss anything?

[thegreenleavesofspring]

Asking for further prayers for my mother - she had parathyroid surgery today. The surgeon took out two glands but her numbers still aren't down and they're not sure why. Also her phone is malfunctioning.

[psychotrenny]

Support My Mother’s Recovery ❤️‍🩹

In the midst of war and the harsh circumstances we endure, surrounded by destruction, my mother, who suffers from thyroid and parathyroid disease, urgently needs joint replacement surgery. She lives in harsh conditions where medication and healthcare are unavailable due to the ongoing war. We are reaching out to anyone who can offer a helping hand to raise $30,000 for her surgery. 🙏 We want you to be a part of saving her life and giving her the chance to continue caring for her children and family. 🚨

This fundraiser is legitimate (#21 on the doc). Please consider donating to Sami's family if you can

[planetsallalign]

Just heard from the vet about Maeve’s blood panel.

It came back with no cancer indicators, so they think it is true idiopathic hypercalcemia. Her phosphorus was fine and her parathyroid level was low so it’s not hyperparathyroidism (so no surgery). She has to start a prescription wet food only diet. Which she is gonna be so mad because she only gets about 1/4cup of dry food a day but it’s her FAVORITE thing. I also have to mix 1/2tsp of chia seeds into her food once a day to bulk up the fiber. Which hopefully with the wet food only and chia seed the excess calcium will bind and be excreted out. Once we’ve been on the diet for a good 4 weeks she goes back for a blood test (luckily not the full panel just a tiny test) to check her ionized calcium levels. If all is good we go every 4-6 months to test how she’s doing. They think because she’s young that it will hopefully be years before any kidney failure. And if the calcium is going up instead of down she will be on steroids.

So here’s crossing everything that the diet works. I also definitely sobbed tears of relief after hanging up with the vet that it didn’t show any cancer indicators.

[carvour]

Support My Mother’s Recovery ❤️‍🩹

In the midst of war and the harsh circumstances we endure, surrounded by destruction, my mother, who suffers from thyroid and parathyroid disease, urgently needs joint replacement surgery. She lives in harsh conditions where medication and healthcare are unavailable due to the ongoing war. We are reaching out to anyone who can offer a helping hand to raise $30,000 for her surgery. 🙏 We want you to be a part of saving her life and giving her the chance to continue caring for her children and family. 🚨

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[luxlightly]

My pth and calcium are both on the high normal side.

That's

Not good.

Bad, even.

For those who haven't been following me long, PTH and calcium should always be opposite. If they're not, there's basically only one thing that causes that and its tumors called adenomas on the parathyroid glands. Like the 2 I got removed in 2021.

That could mean that my parathyroid surgery didn't remove all the adenomas or that more tumors have since grown. Which could require a second surgery. Which would be far more complicated, expensive, and possibly dangerous than the first and many surgeons straight up won't perform it. Not to mention I don't have the money for it.

I'm not going to catastrophize until I've talked to my surgeon about it. But it would explain why my symptom improvements platued then started to drift backwards.

Deeply worrying.

[spooky-fm]

Crowdfunding campaign for the fluffiest of cats and his surgery bills.

I am posting this with permission from my friends, who are gathering funds for medical treatment for their cat Ajani - the fluffiest sweet boy I have seen.

If you have some extra money, they would appreciate help with the sudden bills for his life-saving surgery. They have described Ajani's condition and diagnosis process in detail on the gofundme page, so I will summarize very briefly: Ajani has large tumors in his parathyroid glands that have started affecting his quality of life and will soon lead to serious health deterioration and death. The problem stems from the tumors affecting calcium and phosphorus balance in his body - a task healthy thyroids can deal with. Left untreated, the extra calcium in his body will lead to severe constipation, bone loss, seizures, and premature death. He is an otherwise very healthy and young cat, who will be able to live a long life and bring his family much joy for many, many years.

Here is a link to their gofundme: https://gofund.me/7a4d8d2b If you can donate - thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for helping save the life of a gentle and fluffy boy.

[dollsonmain]

I try to be kind, but I wouldn't call myself smart.

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Next doctor's appointment is next week and I don't wanna. I don't want to go and be told I have parathyroid cancer and then have chunks of my body removed.

Don't wanna.

I also don't like how all of the surgeries for that I've looked at try so hard to minimize scarring like, I'm not afraid of scars, I want the least resistance between the blade and the parts to be removed.

So one way they like to do it is to cut right where your neck meets your collarbone and then go up to the parathyroid, which puts the scar at that junction, minimizing it's appearance.

Another I saw was they go in THROUGH YOUR MOUTH between the jaw and skin, and go down to the parathyroid.

Just fucking cut right by it, ffs. Little scar, less disruption of tissues, no stretching of skin that doesn't need stretched. No furking problem.

I mean, I will talk to them about that. I can't imagine trying to minimize the scars makes the surgery easier OR safer.

If there's a medical reason for the incision to be at the base of the neck instead of partway up, that's one thing. I'll have to ask.

And if they want to do meds instead? I guess we could try that, but I still don't have insurance because of That Guy.

[anarchistettin]

Support My Mother’s Recovery ❤️‍🩹

In the midst of war and the harsh circumstances we endure, surrounded by destruction, my mother, who suffers from thyroid and parathyroid disease, urgently needs joint replacement surgery. She lives in harsh conditions where medication and healthcare are unavailable due to the ongoing war. We are reaching out to anyone who can offer a helping hand to raise $30,000 for her surgery. 🙏 We want you to be a part of saving her life and giving her the chance to continue caring for her children and family. 🚨

[appleeyeangeldust]

Support My Mother’s Recovery ❤️‍🩹

In the midst of war and the harsh circumstances we endure, surrounded by destruction, my mother, who suffers from thyroid and parathyroid disease, urgently needs joint replacement surgery. She lives in harsh conditions where medication and healthcare are unavailable due to the ongoing war. We are reaching out to anyone who can offer a helping hand to raise $30,000 for her surgery. 🙏 We want you to be a part of saving her life and giving her the chance to continue caring for her children and family. 🚨

Praying for your mother. Anyone who can donate, please do.

[captainfluffytheragdoll]

Support My Mother’s Recovery ❤️‍🩹

In the midst of war and the harsh circumstances we endure, surrounded by destruction, my mother, who suffers from thyroid and parathyroid disease, urgently needs joint replacement surgery. She lives in harsh conditions where medication and healthcare are unavailable due to the ongoing war. We are reaching out to anyone who can offer a helping hand to raise $30,000 for her surgery. 🙏 We want you to be a part of saving her life and giving her the chance to continue caring for her children and family. 🚨

I'm very sorry to hear that, I hope your mother recovers. I am currently unable to help, but I hope everyone else capable does.