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What Does Calcium In The Kidneys Indicate?

My daughter has small spots of calcium on her kidneys. She has pain constantly in her back. If small fragments of the calcium that comes off and travels down the ureter be painful? And can it last for months? She cant take anti inflammatory drugs because of her kidney disorder called Bartters Syndrome. What can we do to ease the pain?
Sat, 17 Feb 2018
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I had gone through your daughters medical presentation and understood your anxiety. Formation of calcium spots in kidney is most common among all other minerals.

Calcium when increased in blood due to other reasons lead to deposition of calcium in kidney tissue. These deposits may accumulate to form renal stones (nephrocalcinosis).

Coming to your case, some sharp edged calcium deposits may roll down and injure the soft tissue inside ureter. This causes pain due to inflammation of ureter.

Treatment is mostly conservative.
1. Generally it will get subsided with in 2 months by itself
2. plenty of water
3. Steroid injection can be given
4. surgical removal of calcium deposits when they are stuck to the borders of ureter

There is no need to worry, but it is better to act soon as per the above guidelines. Hope a good and speedy recovery of your daughter.
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What Does Calcium In The Kidneys Indicate?

I had gone through your daughters medical presentation and understood your anxiety. Formation of calcium spots in kidney is most common among all other minerals. Calcium when increased in blood due to other reasons lead to deposition of calcium in kidney tissue. These deposits may accumulate to form renal stones (nephrocalcinosis). Coming to your case, some sharp edged calcium deposits may roll down and injure the soft tissue inside ureter. This causes pain due to inflammation of ureter. Treatment is mostly conservative. 1. Generally it will get subsided with in 2 months by itself 2. plenty of water 3. Steroid injection can be given 4. surgical removal of calcium deposits when they are stuck to the borders of ureter There is no need to worry, but it is better to act soon as per the above guidelines. Hope a good and speedy recovery of your daughter.