Sleepiness with Dysphasia and Vomiting

Assadi, Seyedeh Negar

doi:10.30491/ijmr.2025.524693.1335

Sleepiness with Dysphasia and Vomiting

Document Type : Case Reports

Author

Seyedeh Negar Assadi ¹^{, 2}

¹ Department of Occupational Health and Safety Engineering, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

² Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

10.30491/ijmr.2025.524693.1335

Abstract

Increasing calcium has dangerous for health and organ systems such as brain, heart, kidneys, bones and digestive system. The 80 years old woman with sleepiness, nausea, vomiting, dysphasia and femoral neck fracture was admitted to hospital. Diagnostic methods were in blood tests she had high calcium level was 14.5 mg/dL and high parathyroid hormone more than 250 pg/ml. She treated with medicine and fracture surgery with spinal anesthesia but after 5 months had sestamibi scan and one radiofrequency ablation for parathyroid disease. This disorder must be diagnosed very soon and treated with medicine and surgery.

Keywords

Sleepiness

Dysphasia

Vomiting

Hyperparathyroidism