Effect of Renal Stone Formation on Some Renal Related Parameters in Koya City

Abstract

The thirty stone former patients (12 men with 18 women)  involved in the current study, were  attended the Shaheed Khalid Hospital in Koya city between April to November 2013. The cases diagnosed in the hospital by clinical examination followed by kidney urinary bladder KUB x-ray and ultrasonography.  Further more  thirty healthy person (15 men with 15 women) were also involved  in this study as control group.  The data  of a current study revealed  the dominant  prevalence of the renal stone type both in men and women was for uric acid stone type, and  calcium carbonate,  calcium phosphate and calcium oxalate represent moderate types, and  cysteine stone type represent the lowest type among involved patients. The stone formation was more prevalence in age group 51-60 that represent 27% of the total included formers. The results showed significant (p< 0.05) elevation in  serum creatinine,  urea and uric acid levels  in both sexes stone formers, whereas  serum total protein and albumin levels  were significantly lower in both men and women  stone formers as compared with the levels in normal healthy group.   The hematological results showed significantly lower numbers of RBC  number and Hb content in both men and women stone formers , whereas, WBC  count and platelets count showed higher numbers in both men and women stone formers as compared normal healthy group.