Sentences with phrase «calcium deposition in»

They can cause a host of adverse effects including increased appetite, increased water consumption, personality change, panting, pacing, urinary accidents, bleeding ulcers, diarrhea, thinning of the skin, calcium deposition in the skin, heart disease, diabetes, liver disease, seizures, and suppression of other glands such as the thyroid, pituitary and adrenal glands.

Some animals have a greater tendency (genetic susceptibility) to calcium deposition in the skin.

It usually reflects abnormal calcium deposition in the hair and other soft tissues of the body.

Second, Warfarin, a vitamin K inhibitor, produces a toxicity profile almost identical to that of vitamin D, but does not increase serum calcium levels.81 Third, one group used vitamin D to produce calcium deposition in the kidneys of chickens at doses that did not lead to hypercalcemia.104 This finding is consistent with a case report of four post-menopausal women who were taking undetermined doses of vitamin D without their knowledge in the form of supplements that appeared to be contaminated with large amounts of vitamin D2: these patients had abnormally high vitamin D levels, three times the calcium in their urine as is normal, and appeared, albeit inconclusively, to have associated bone loss.

The researchers used computed tomography (CT) scans to evaluate the severity of abnormal calcium deposition in one of the largest blood vessels in human body, the abdominal aorta.

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Pseudogout, which is also known as calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease (CPPD), is caused by deposits of calcium phosphate crystals (not uric acid) in the joints.

As expected, Western diets are very deficient in vitamin K2 and although we typically get enough vitamin k to prevent bleeding disorders we don't get enough K2 to optimally run these important proteins that regulate calcium deposition.

The theory proposed by this article that OA is caused by deposition of calcium in the joints is not based on any known scientific evidence.

Omega 3 fats also help to improve calcium metabolism to prevent the deposition of calcium in the arterial lining.

This process results in a deposition of calcium into the damaged tissues.

Boron also has an important role in converting vitamin D to its active form, thus increasing the calcium uptake and deposition into the bones and teeth rather than causing soft tissue to calcify.

It also has a role in converting vitamin D to its active form, thus increasing calcium uptake and deposition into bone and teeth rather than causing soft tissue to calcify.

In chronic or severe cases, however, inflammation and its secondary effects (mineral or calcium deposition) may be observed.

Calcinosis circumscripta is deposition of calcium at bony prominences or in the footpads and mouth.

If plaque is left undisturbed it can become hardened due to deposition of substances such as calcium in the plaque layer.

Specifically, dog cloudy eye usually exhibits diagnostic results such as corneal infections, edema (fluid accumulation), inflammatory responses, cataracts, glaucoma, deposition of fats and calcium on these structures, hemorrhage and disorders of the vitreous body in between the lens and retina.

In chronic or severe cases, inflammation and its secondary effects (mineral or calcium deposition) may be observed.

Lee, D.S., R.D. Kingdon, J.M. Pacyna, A.F. Bouwman, and I. Tegen, 1999: Modelling base cations in Europe — Sources, transport and deposition of calcium.