Health Condition 1: null- Patients with calcium oxalate stones in the urinary tract
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: High Calcium diet followed by High Oxalate diet.: Dose: 200 ML. Milk + 2 calcium tablets + bland diet for breakfast followed four hours later by high oxalate diet for lunch.
Frequency :
Sponsors
Kerala State Council For Science Technology and Environment
Government MeDical College Thiruvananthapuram
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients who have been diagnosed with calcium oxalate urinary stones
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Patients who do not have calcium based urinary stones( such as uric acid, cystine, struvite) 2. Patients with obstructive uropathy , chronic urosepsis,/ positive urine culture , Renal failure, Renal tubular acidosis, Primary hyper oxaluria, Medullary sponge kidney 3. Less than 19 years 4. Patients with abnormalities of the urinary tracts 5. Serious diseases 6. Pregnancy 7. Active cancer 8. Recurrent Urinary tract infection 9. Gross hematuria 10.Inability to give informed consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. To determine the in vitro morphological changes in calcium oxalate crystals in native urine of patients and corresponding variation in the optical density of urine as a function of in vitro super saturation of these urine samples following dietary modificationsTimepoint: Four hours after diet intake | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. To determine the in vitro morphological changes in calcium oxalate crystals in native urine of patients and corresponding variation in the optical density of urine as a function of in vitro super saturation of these urine samples following dietary modifications after a period of two monthsTimepoint: Two months | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Jim Joe
Government Medical College, Kottayam
Outcome results
None listed