Genito Urinary System and Sex Hormones

Did you know that Calciphylaxis, or calcific uremic arteriolopathy (CUA), although affects merely 1 to 4 % of patients undergoing dialysis, has a dismal prognosis with up to 80% mortality? In addition to numerous comorbidities which affect the majority of dialysis patients, Calciphylaxis is a painful and often fatal condition, for which no commonly accepted disease-modifying treatment exists. Calciphylaxis is a rare condition involving subcutaneous vascular calcification and cutaneous necrosis, which is most often diagnosed in patients with renal failure. According to the literature survey, the condition is also defined as a metastatic calcinosis cutis and necrotizing ...