Question: Which vitamin is indicated in treatment of calcium stones?
Answer: Pyridoxine
And which vitamin is avoided in a patient with history of calcium stones?
Answer: Vitamin C, it will worsen calcium stones.
Why?
Answer: Vitamin C increases oxalate in body. Pyridoxine decreases oxalate level in body.
Extra: Vitamin A deficiency too causes stones. The desquamated epithelium in tubules acts as a nidus for stone formation.
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