Renal osteodystrophy

Introduction: Renal osteodystrophy

Renal osteodystrophy: Renal osteodystrophy is a bone disease that occurs when your kidneys fail to maintain the proper levels of calcium and phosphorus in your ... more about Renal osteodystrophy.

Renal osteodystrophy: Lack of bone mineralization due to kidney disease. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Renal osteodystrophy is available below.

Symptoms of Renal osteodystrophy

• No symptoms - the onset can be insidious
• Bone pain
• Joint pain
• Bone fractures
• Bent bones

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Home Diagnostic Testing

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• Kidney Health: Home Testing:
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Medical Textbooks Online about Renal osteodystrophy

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Diagnostic Tests for Renal osteodystrophy

• Blood calcium
• Blood phosphorus
• Blood PTH
• Blood calcitriol
• Kidney function tests

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Renal osteodystrophy?

• Misdiagnosis of Renal osteodystrophy
• Underlying causes of Renal osteodystrophy (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Misdiagnosis and Renal osteodystrophy

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Causes of Renal osteodystrophy

• Kidney disease
• Kidney dialysis

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More information about causes of Renal osteodystrophy:

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Treatments for Renal osteodystrophy

• Diet changes
• Low-phosphorous diet
• Dialysis treatment
• Medications
• Calcium carbonate (Tums)

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Reseach about Renal osteodystrophy

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Clinical Trials for Renal osteodystrophy

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Renal osteodystrophy include:

• Phase II Randomized Study of the Effects of Growth Hormone on Children and Adolescents on Maintenance Dialysis - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - calcitriol,growth hormone
• Osteopenia and Renal Osteodystrophy: Evaluation and Management - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - pamidronate
• Klotho Gene Polymorphism in Dialyzed Patients With Hyperphosphatemia - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• The Effect of Oral Niacinamide on Serum Phosphorus Levels in Hemodialysis Patients - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Niacinamide
• Low Magnitude Mechanical Stimuli Effects on Bone Structure in ESRD - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)

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Article Excerpts about Renal osteodystrophy

Renal Osteodystrophy: NIDDK (Excerpt)

Renal osteodystrophy is a bone disease that occurs when your kidneys fail to maintain the proper levels of calcium and phosphorus in your blood. It's a common problem in people with kidney disease and affects 90 percent of dialysis patients. (Source: excerpt from Renal Osteodystrophy: NIDDK)

Kidney Failure Glossary: NIDDK (Excerpt)

Weak bones caused by poorly working kidneys . Renal osteodystrophy is a common problem for people on dialysis who have high phosphate levels or insufficient vitamin D supplementation. (Source: excerpt from Kidney Failure Glossary: NIDDK)