No, no hep issues...They (doctors) don't really have a cause, but I believe it may well be partly genetic,(history of broken bones) partly life style as I had a very physical career, (lots of climbing and stressed joints)and partly a degenerative sequence of events where calcium build up in my vascular system from the degenerating joints eventually block the feeder arteries or veins supporting the joints and essentially is killing them one by one. I have calcium in my heart as well as of the last check and it's likely everywhere. I am loaded with the stuff and there is no way that I know of or that the doctors know of to safely remove any of it.
I just smell the flowers and watch birds these days. Totally retired as of the first of the year. I am not very mobile anymore. I will be 59 in about 6 weeks. Same age as Rush. I don't expect many more and males in my family rarely collect a social security check for very long.
Calcium. Vitamin D, and perhaps some other things, regulates how the body uses calcium.
I used to think I got enough sunlight for vitamin D but I’ve learned otherwise. Now I supplement.
I have calcium in my heart as well as of the last check and it's likely everywhere. I am loaded with the stuff and there is no way that I know of or that the doctors know of to safely remove any of it.If you don't have hypercalcemia, i.e. elevated calcium levels in the blood, check out dystrophic calcification at PubMed.
Good luck!