Vitamin C-induced oxalate nephropathy: a case report

Therapeutic benefits of vitamin C is an area of active research and large doses have been suggested by many studies for treatment of various conditions. We are describing a case of oxalate nephropathy leading to end stage kidney disease, which occurred secondary to mega-dose of oral vitamin C. Incre...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Gurm, Harmeet, Sheta, Mohamed Ali, Nivera, Noel, Tunkel, Allan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Co-Action Publishing 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3714063/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23882371
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v2i2.17718
_version_ 1782476611035070464
author Gurm, Harmeet
Sheta, Mohamed Ali
Nivera, Noel
Tunkel, Allan
author_facet Gurm, Harmeet
Sheta, Mohamed Ali
Nivera, Noel
Tunkel, Allan
author_sort Gurm, Harmeet
collection PubMed
description Therapeutic benefits of vitamin C is an area of active research and large doses have been suggested by many studies for treatment of various conditions. We are describing a case of oxalate nephropathy leading to end stage kidney disease, which occurred secondary to mega-dose of oral vitamin C. Increasing the awareness between medical personnel as well as patients will clearly decrease the incidence of this debilitating but, at the same time, highly preventable disease.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-3714063
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2012
publisher Co-Action Publishing
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-37140632013-07-23 Vitamin C-induced oxalate nephropathy: a case report Gurm, Harmeet Sheta, Mohamed Ali Nivera, Noel Tunkel, Allan J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect Case Report Therapeutic benefits of vitamin C is an area of active research and large doses have been suggested by many studies for treatment of various conditions. We are describing a case of oxalate nephropathy leading to end stage kidney disease, which occurred secondary to mega-dose of oral vitamin C. Increasing the awareness between medical personnel as well as patients will clearly decrease the incidence of this debilitating but, at the same time, highly preventable disease. Co-Action Publishing 2012-07-16 /pmc/articles/PMC3714063/ /pubmed/23882371 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v2i2.17718 Text en © 2012 Harmeet Gurm et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Gurm, Harmeet
Sheta, Mohamed Ali
Nivera, Noel
Tunkel, Allan
Vitamin C-induced oxalate nephropathy: a case report
title Vitamin C-induced oxalate nephropathy: a case report
title_full Vitamin C-induced oxalate nephropathy: a case report
title_fullStr Vitamin C-induced oxalate nephropathy: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Vitamin C-induced oxalate nephropathy: a case report
title_short Vitamin C-induced oxalate nephropathy: a case report
title_sort vitamin c-induced oxalate nephropathy: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3714063/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23882371
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v2i2.17718
work_keys_str_mv AT gurmharmeet vitamincinducedoxalatenephropathyacasereport
AT shetamohamedali vitamincinducedoxalatenephropathyacasereport
AT niveranoel vitamincinducedoxalatenephropathyacasereport
AT tunkelallan vitamincinducedoxalatenephropathyacasereport

Ejemplares similares