Calcium and phosphorus metabolic changes in children with hepatic bilharziasis.
Investigations were done to study the calcium and phosphorus metabolic changes in 35 children with hepatic bilharziasis, of whom 12 were ascitic. Thirteen normal children served as controls. Despite a normal serum level of both calcium and inorganic phosphate in the Bilharzial group, yet both were increased in urine. The mean values obtained from the ascitic fluid were 70% and 90.2% of their serum levels, respectively. The corrected creatinine clearance was significantly diminished, while PEI was significantly increased, and the % TRP significantly decreased, with still a more marked decrease in the ascitic cases. Following a phosphate lead the serum inorganic phosphate level showed a significantly more rapid lowering in both bilharzial groups, as compared to the control group. On the other hand bilharzial cases responded to the intravenous calcium load by a significant retention of calcium in the serum.
D000293:Adolescent; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002128:Calcium Metabolism Disorders / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008109:Liver Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000378:metabolism*; D010760:Phosphorus Metabolism Disorders / Q000150:complications; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism*
D010758:Phosphorus; D002118:Calcium