HYPERCALCEMIA IN THE PRACTICE OF AN INTERNIST

The relevance of the study of hypercalcemia is determined by its prevalence among the population in different age groups which varies from 0.17 to 3.9 cases per 100 people. Most often, hypercalcemia is asymptomatic, but at the same time, this process of calcification of the walls of blood vessels and internal organs as well as bone resorption lead to the development of arterial hypertension, atherosclerosis, osteoporosis, which increase the risk of poor prognosis, especially in the group of elderly patients. Considering that hypercalcemia is believed to be a life-threating condition, medical specialists are challenged to timely diagnose this condition in order to prescribe adequate treatment for the underlying disease and avoid clinical manifestations of both chronic and acute hypercalcemia.