Me: "This is the third case of primary hyperparathyroidism I've diagnosed this month. It's really the season for it."
An endocrinologist, completely seriously: "It is *not* the season for hyperparathyroidism. *Summer* is the season for the diagnosis of hyperparathyroidism, because the extra sun produces more vitamin D which makes the calcium go higher."
I'm Dr. Joshua Schwimmer, a nephrologist and internal medicine physician in New York City. • Kidney Notes was the first active nephrology blog. (Trivia: Kidney Notes is so old that the National Library of Medicine still uses it as an example of how to formally cite blogs.) • Professionally, you can find me at Kidney.nyc. • Kidney Notes is for educational purposes only, not medical advice. Consult qualified health care professionals. See disclaimer.