It was then discovered I did, in fact, have a 20mm adenoma on my lower left parathyroid gland.

后来，在我左下的甲状旁腺上发现了一个20毫米的腺瘤。

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It was two months after my kidney stones were discovered that doctors finally diagnosed the growth on my parathyroid gland. And in those months, my state deteriorated further.

在我肾结石被发现两个月后，医生最终将病情诊断为甲状旁腺亢进。而我的身体状况也在这两个月里变得更加糟糕。

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Then, when the blood runs low on calcium, a signaling device called the parathyroid gland can activate a process by which calcium is taken from the skeleton and put back into the blood.

那么，当流动的血液中钙含量过低，一个叫做甲状旁腺的发信号装置就会激活一个流程，致使骨骼中的钙流失到血液里。

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