What is Calciphylaxis? How to manage it? What are the precautions to be taken? What are the signs and symptoms? What is the cause of this disease? How to treat it? How can homeopathy help you? All of this answered, in this post and of course our doctors always there to help you. Just fill in your details in the form down below and we will answer all your questions for FREE!

What is calciphylaxis?

Calciphylaxis is a syndrome in which calcium deposits in the vascular system which forms thrombus and causes skin necrosis. This disease is found in kidney patients who are stage 5 of chronic kidney failure.

Who are more affected by calciphylaxis?

Females are commonly affected by the disease. Ratio of female to male is 3:1.

Individuals of any age can be affected by this disease. Most common age group to be affected is 48 years of age.

How calciphylaxis is caused by different conditions?

There are many disorders which are related to calciphylaxis and are mentioned below

-Conditions which are associated include chronic renal failure, elevated calcium-phosphate product, hyperparathyroidism, vascular calcification, hypercalcemia, hyperphosphatemia.

-Other associated conditions include coagulation abnormalities, iron dextran infusion, and aluminum toxicity.

-if there are systemic inflammations then they are considered to be the predisposing factor.

What are the sign and symptoms of the calciphylaxis?

-Ischemic lesions of subcutaneous fat

-Ischemic skin muscle lesions

-Secondary hyperparathyroidism

-Necrosis of skin

-Calcification of skin blood lesions

Is Calciphylaxis fatal?

Calciphylaxis is characterized by iischemic skin ulceration which occurs due to subcutaneous small arterioles calcification, and it is a rare disease but usually fatal.

Can Calciphylaxis be cured?

There is no permanent cure for calciphylaxis, patient usually died of sepsis.

Is there any test to diagnose calciphylaxis?

There is no such diagnostic test for this disease but the disease is diagnosed by physical symptoms such as ischemic skin lesions.

How calciphylaxis can be managed?

There is no specific treatment for this fatal disease. Treatment could include the followings points:

-Dialysis

-Clot-dissolving agents

-Hyperbaric oxygen

-Local tissue trauma should be avoided

-Urgent parathyroidectomy

-Adequate pain control

How calciphylaxis can leads to complications?

-Lesions of calciphylaxis can lead to ulcers which take a long time to heal or even non-healing and can even lead to cutaneous gangrene.

-In patients where the involvement of calciphylaxis occurs in internal parts, it can lead to gastrointestinal hemorrhage, infarction or even organ failure.

-Sometimes patient treated with calcimimetics, sodium thiosulfate may even lead to hypocalcemia.

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