Treatment with intravenous fluids and calcium is warranted for cats with severe symptoms. Vitamin D supplementation is necessary to assist with the absorption of dietary calcium from the gastrointestinal tract. Therapy for hypoparathyroidism consists of administration of vitamin D and calcium.
Blood chemistry profile (includes calcium and phosphorus measurements). The testing typically performed to arrive at a diagnosis of hypoparathyroidism includes: The symptoms can be intermittent, particularly early on in the course of the disease. The symptoms associated with hypoparathyroidism are the result of the abnormally low blood calcium level. This surgery is sometime used to treat feline hyperthyroidism (overproduction of thyroid hormone). Immune-mediated destruction of the parathyroid glands (the immune system attacks the body’s own tissues) is suspected.ĭamage or removal of the parathyroid glands during surgical removal of the thyroid glands is a more common cause of hypoparathyroidism. It is unknown why the parathyroid glands spontaneously quit producing PTH. The results of hypoparathyroidism (too little PTH produced by the parathyroid glands) are decreased blood calcium and increased blood phosphorus levels. Released from bones into the bloodstream. It does so by modifying the amount of calcium and phosphorus that is: 
PTH is in charge of regulating blood calcium and phosphorus levels.
All of these glands are located on the underside of the neck, just beneath the skin’s surface. These tiny glands are embedded within the two thyroid glands.
PTH is manufactured within the cat’s parathyroid glands. Of the small number of cases documented, hypoparathyroidism seems to occur more commonly in young to middle-aged mixed breed cats with equal representation of males and females 1. It results from the end of production of parathyroid hormone (PTH). Feline hypoparathyroidism occurs uncommonly.
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