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All patients with hyperparathyroidism will develop osteoporosis. The parathyroid glands maintain blood calcium within the normal range. All patients with this disease will continue to lose calcium from their bones every day, and there is no way to prevent the development of osteoporosis as a result.
The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.
Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
Urine turns bright yellow if larger than normal amounts of certain substances are consumed; one of these substances is asparagus.
Symptoms of kidney problems include a loss of appetite, back pain (which may be sudden and intense), chills, abdominal pain, fluid retention, nausea, the urge to urinate, vomiting, and fever.