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    Life And Death Of A Parathyroid Gland Cell (Calcium Man)
    Life And Death Of A Parathyroid Gland Cell (Calcium Man)
    Life And Death Of A Parathyroid Gland Cell (Calcium Man)
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    Life And Death Of A Parathyroid Gland Cell (Calcium Man)

    By Kenneth Kee

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    My name is Calcium Man the Parathyroid Gland Cell.
    I was named Calcium Man by my friends who feel that Calcium Man is the most suitable name of a cell from Calcium controlling Parathyroid gland of the human body.
    The only cells in the early human embryo are precursor cells or stem cells that are nudged into becoming specialized bone, nerve, internal organ or Parathyroid gland by the action of genes and the growth-and-development molecules produced by genes.
    It may be surprising to learn that we Parathyroid gland cells have a developmental relationship with many others tissues such as breast and prostate gland but this shows the built-in potential of stem cells to grow into a variety of specialized forms.
    We Parathyroid gland cells do not just spring into existence from embryo stem cells.
    The path of our development begins in a group of progenitor stem cells that are nudged into different directions to become specialized cells of many different tissues and organs including the Parathyroid gland.
    We Parathyroid glands are four tiny glands located at the back of the Thyroid glands in humans and produce the parathyroid hormone.
    Each of us is the size of a grain of rice and weighs approximately 30 milligrams.
    My Parathyroid hormones control the amount of calcium in the blood and within the bones so that the nervous and muscular systems can function properly.
    If the calcium level drops in the blood, we parathyroid gland cells will sense it and release our parathyroid hormone which will then goes to the cells of the bone to take the calcium out and place it in the blood stream so that the calcium level becomes normal again
    Our Parathyroid hormone causes:
    1. The release of calcium from bones into the blood stream.
    2. The calcium to be taken up into the blood from the intestine.
    3. The kidneys from excreting (getting rid of) calcium in the urine.
    4. The kidneys to excrete phosphate in the urine.
    5. The increase of blood levels of magnesium.
    We parathyroid glands originate from the interaction of neural crest mesenchyme and third and fourth branchial pouch endoderm.
    When one of my parathyroid glands go bad and makes too much hormone, the excess hormone goes to the bones and takes calcium out of the bones and puts it in the blood.
    It is the high calcium in the blood that makes our human host feel bad
    As in all cell deaths, death of my Parathyroid gland cell is by apoptosis or necrosis.
    The data showed that mechanisms of cell death other than necrosis occur in my parathyroid gland.
    My growth continues at a gain of 2.5 -3.0 mg per year for the first 2 years.
    It then slows down to 30 years when the adult weight of my individual parathyroid gland of 30mgs is achieved.
    After 30 years of age there is a decrease in the growth of the gland every year.
    There was a 5% cell death for each year of my parathyroid gland which means a loss of 40% of my cells in 10 years.
    Apoptosis of my parathyroid cells as usual helps to regenerate cells that are lost.

    TABLE OF CONTENT
    Chapter 1 Story of Calcium Man
    Chapter 2 Life Cycle of Parathyroid Gland
    Chapter 3 Formation of a Parathyroid Gland
    Chapter 4 Death of a Parathyroid Gland
    Chapter 5 Hyperparathyroidism
    Epilogue

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKenneth Kee
    Release dateOct 19, 2016
    ISBN9781370353019
    Life And Death Of A Parathyroid Gland Cell (Calcium Man)
    Author

    Kenneth Kee

    Medical doctor since 1972.Started Kee Clinic in 1974 at 15 Holland Dr #03-102, relocated to 36 Holland Dr #01-10 in 2009.Did my M.Sc (Health Management ) in 1991 and Ph.D (Healthcare Administration) in 1993.Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 74However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours inthe afternoon.He first started writing free blogs on medical disorders seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com.His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiography account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.comThis autobiography account “A Family Doctor’s Tale” was combined with his early “A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders” into a new Wordpress Blog “A Family Doctor’s Tale” on http://ken-med.com.From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 1000 eBooks.He apologized for typos and spelling mistakes in his earlier books.He will endeavor to improve the writing in futures.Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.The later books go into more details of medical disorders.He has published 1000 eBooks on various subjects on health, 1 autobiography of his medical journey, another on the autobiography of a Cancer survivor, 2 children stories and one how to study for his nephew and grand-daughter.The purpose of these simple guides is to educate patient on health disorders and not meant as textbooks.He does not do any night duty since 2000 ever since Dr Tan had his second stroke.His clinic is now relocated to the Buona Vista Community Centre.The 2 units of his original clinic are being demolished to make way for a new Shopping Mall.He is now doing some blogging and internet surfing (bulletin boards since the 1980's) startingwith the Apple computer and going to PC.The entire PC is upgraded by himself from XT to the present Pentium duo core.The present Intel i7 CPU is out of reach at the moment because the CPU is still expensive.He is also into DIY changing his own toilet cistern and other electric appliance.His hunger for knowledge has not abated and he is a lifelong learner.The children have all grown up and there are 2 grandchildren who are even more technically advanced than the grandfather where mobile phones are concerned.This book is taken from some of the many articles in his blog (now with 740 posts) A Family Doctor’s Tale.Dr Kee is the author of:"A Family Doctor's Tale""Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine""Case Notes From A Family Doctor"

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      Life And Death Of A Parathyroid Gland Cell (Calcium Man) - Kenneth Kee

      Life

      And

      Death

      Of

      A

      Parathyroid

      Gland Cell

      (Calcium Man)

      by

      Dr Kenneth Kee

      M.B., B.S. (Singapore)

      Ph.D (Healthcare Administration)

      Copyright Kenneth Kee 2013 Smashwords Edition

      Published By Kenneth Kee at Smashwords.com

      Dedication

      This book is dedicated

      to my wife Dorothy

      and my children

      Carolyn, Grace

      and Kelvin

      This book describes the story of the one Parathyroid Gland Cell (Calcium Man) from its birth to its death in the human body.

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      Chapter 1

      My Story as a Parathyroid Gland Cell

      My name is Calcium Man the Parathyroid Gland Cell.

      I was named Calcium Man by my friends who feel that Calcium Man is the most suitable name of a cell from Calcium controlling Parathyroid gland of the human body.

      The only cells in the early human embryo are precursor cells or stem cells that are nudged into becoming specialized bone, nerve, internal organ or Parathyroid gland by the action of genes and the growth-and-development molecules produced by genes.

      It may be surprising to learn that we Parathyroid gland cells have a developmental relationship with many others tissues such as breast and prostate gland but this shows the built-in potential of stem cells to grow into a variety of specialized forms.

      We Parathyroid gland cells do not just spring into existence from embryo stem cells.

      The path of our development begins in a group of progenitor stem cells that are nudged into different directions to become specialized cells of many different tissues

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