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Information on Urinary StonesDescription Urinary calcuria (stones) can be formed from several materials, including calcium (the most common form), uric acid, magnesium ammonium phosphate (struvite), and cystine stones. Causes Calcium stones can be caused by several mechanisms, including primary parathyroidism, sarcoidosis, vitamin D intoxication, hyperthyroidism, renal tubular acidosis, multiple myeloma, metastatic cancer, and primary hyperoxaluria. Idiopathic hypercalciuria is a hereditary condition, is present in 50% of men and 75% of women who form calcium stones. Several conditions predispose to forming calcium stones. Decreased urinary citrate (hypocitricuria) promotes calcium stones because citrate normally binds 50% of urinary calcium as a soluble calcium citrate salt. Excessive urinary oxylate (hyperoxaluria) is caused by excess ingestion of oxalate-containing foods (e.g., rhubarb, spinach, cocoa, nuts, pepper, and tea) or excess oxalate absorption due to a variety of enteric diseases (e.g., bacterial overgrowth syndromes, chronic pancreatic or biliary disease, or ileojejunal surgery). Excess urinary uric acid (hyperuricosuria) promotes urinary stone formation because uric acid crystals provide a nidus on which calcium oxalate crystals can orient themselves and grow. These patients can form what appear to be pure calcium stones or mixed calcium and uric acid stones, because the uric acid nidus is not measurable by commercial laboratories. The cause of hyperuricosuria is usually excess consumption of purine, in the form of meat, fish, and poultry. Uric acid stones occur because of increased urine acidity in which undissociated uric acid crystallizes. Increasing the urine pH to between 6 and 6.5 with oral alkalinizing agents (such as sodium bicarbonate, or sodium or potassium citrate) or reducing purine intake and increasing water intake, are usually effective. Magnesium ammonium phosphate stones (struvite) indicates the presence of urinary tract infection, with urea-splitting bacteria, usually of the Proteus species. The stones are loci of infection and must be treated as infected foreign bodies. In contrast to the other types of stones, infection stones occur mostly in women. Fastidious attention to even small numbers of urea-splitting bacteria as well as treatment of any metabolic causes of stone may delay the need for surgery. Cystine stones are associated with defects in the transport of the amino acids cystine, lysine, arginine, and ornithine. Clinical disease is due solely to the insolubility of cystine, which forms stones. Three types of inheritance have been described. Conventional medical consists of a high fluid intake, even at night. Daily urine volume should exceed 3 Liters. Raising urine pH with alkali is helpful, provided the urine pH exceeds 7.5. A low-salt diet can reduce cystine excretion up to 40 percent. Captopril, which has a free sulfhydryl group to bind cysteine, has been used in a limited number of patients with some success. Low-methionine diets have not proved to be practical for clinical use, but patients should avoid protein gluttony. Conventional Labs Urinalysis (hematuria nearly 100%; if pH < 5.5 means uric acid, if pH > 7.5 means struvite); Chemistries (Calcium, phosphorus, electrolytes, uric acid, creatinine); Parathyroid hormone if serum calcium is high; Urine cystine if stone is not visible on plain x-ray; Urine culture if pyuria or fever is present. Specialty Lab Tests Products to consider Natural Therapies Most natural health web sites put a list of herbs, vitamins and nutritional supplements along with citations from scientific studies. Have you found this to be confusing, since there are so many to choose from? A far simpler way is to choose a supplement from the appropriate body system, such as liver support, detoxification, etc. A well formulated supplement works a lot better than separate vitamins and usually costs a lot less. Please call me at (239) 659-2684 if you would like some assistance in choosing an appropriate product. I can't diagnose or treat diseases by phone, but I can assist you in making better choices. I also can send some relevant articles to read. The first ten minutes are free (as long as you purchase from my web site). |
The next step, after you have been diagnosed with a disease, is to find out what is the specific cause, and then choose supplements that address it. Phone consults are my specialty. Please call my at (239) 659-2684 to schedule a consultation.
I recommend that you make an informed choice, and the goal of this web site is to provide you with the information to make a wise choice when it comes to your health and wellness.
As you can see, I don't sell any vitamins on this web site. There are thousands of vitamin stores that will sell you whatever vitamin you want, and many of them offer discounts.
If you are interested in some high-quality basic nutritional supplements, I recommend visiting the Store You will find my recommendations for a multiple, tasty chewable fiber wafers, high-potency probiotics, and fish oils.
Good luck in your journey towards health and wellness!!
Unfortunately, that would be a clear violation of FDA regulations. Also, one of the most important aspect of naturopathy is: "Treat the person, not the disease". This is a profound statement, and many people have spent thousands of dollars on vitamins listed in books or web sites for a specific disease. This is what I call "vending machine medicine". It rarely works! The solution is to find a naturopathic physician, such as myself, to assist you.
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