Mary Thompson, 76, is a retired school teacher. She recently had a hip fracture but had not fallen. She tells the story of simply walking across the street. “I might have tripped a little bit, but I did not fall.” Mary has muscle irritability and twitching. She is back in the hospital for the removal of her parathyroid glands. She tells you that when she had the x-ray for her hip fracture they found her bones were “deteriorated” and her calcium levels were too high. She has been stabilized and will undergo surgery.  Why would Mary have had “deteriorating” bones and developed fractures so easily?

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Mary Thompson, 76, is a retired school teacher. She recently had a hip fracture but had not fallen. She tells the story of simply walking across the street. “I might have tripped a little bit, but I did not fall.” Mary has muscle irritability and twitching. She is back in the hospital for the removal of her parathyroid glands. She tells you that when she had the x-ray for her hip fracture they found her bones were “deteriorated” and her calcium levels were too high. She has been stabilized and will undergo surgery.

 Why would Mary have had “deteriorating” bones and developed fractures so easily?

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