Secondary hyperparathyroidism

Secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT, referred to as secondary hyperparathyroidism) refers to chronic renal insufficiency, intestinal malabsorption syndrome, Fanconi syndrome and renal tubular acidosis, vitamin D deficiency Or resistance, and pregnancy, breastfeeding, etc., the parathyroid glands are stimulated by hypocalcemia, hypomagnesemia, or hyperphosphatemia for a long time and secrete excessive PTH in order to increase blood calcium, blood magnesium, and a chronic generation of hypophosphatemia. Compensatory clinical syndrome. Accompanied by different degrees of parathyroid hyperplasia, but not due to the disease of the parathyroid gland itself.

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