What Are Causes of Fracture in Renal Disease

Renal disease patients often develop a series of bone problems such as bone pains, osteoporosis or even fracture. Since most renal disease patients are elderly and it is not easy to recover from the fracture, therefore it is necessary to know how to prevent the fracture.

Knowing what are the causes of fracture is the best prevention. Often the fracture is spontaneous and it is due to renal osteopathy caused by loss of kidney functions. The main pathogenesis of fracture for renal disease patients are metabolic disorders of calcium and phosphorus, deficiency of active vitamin D, secondary hyperparathyroidism and disorders of hormones in the patient’s body. Healthy kidneys have the functions of regulating water and electrolyte balances in the body. Therefore when renal tissues are impaired and when renal functions are affected, these functions can not be performed well and patients are easy to have high phosphorus accumulation in their blood, as a result, low blood calcium will develop. Lack of calcium will make the bones become weak and diseased, that is why fracture often occur among renal disease patients.

Many renal disease patients suffer from serious osteoporosis, bone metabolic disorder, fracture, spinal compression deformation, etc. For renal patients that have taken dialysis treatment for long time, bone pains and fracture are more common. The following is a comprehensive treatment for renal disease patients with fracture and other bone metabolic problems.

Generally drugs and medicines will be given to rectify high blood phosphorus and low blood calcium levels. However more cases of hypercalcemia have been reported after giving active vitamin D, therefore it is very important to have regular check of calcium and phosphorus concentrations in the blood to avoid any side effects.

For patients that have serious hyperparathyroidism, excision of the parathyroid gland can help patients have instant relief from bone pains. Insomnia and skin itching can be eased within days, normal bone metabolism can be recovered so that the risk of fracture can be much lowered.