The Study
VITAMIN C INDUCED OXALATE NEPHROPATHY : A RARE CASE REPORT
This study is like noticing that one person got a stomachache after eating a new snack—it doesn’t mean the snack causes stomachaches for everyone. It just shows it happened once.
Analysis score
Maximum 30 for a case report.
Where the score came from
A man took vitamin C pills every day for two years and then got very sick with kidney problems.
Where does this study sit?
Reviews of RCTs (Meta-analyses)
Max 100Randomized Trials
Max 90Reviews of Cohort Studies
Max 85Cohort Studies
Max 72Reviews of Case-Control Studies
Max 63Case-Control Studies
Max 58Cross-Sectional & Case Series
Max 50Expert Opinion
Max 524 / 100
Quality score
Snapshots of a population at a single point in time, or descriptions of small groups. Can identify correlations and prevalence, but cannot determine cause and effect.
Key takeaways
Summary
Based on the study abstract and findings.
- 1Yes — this suggests taking too much vitamin C might damage kidneys in some people, even if they were healthy before.
- 2After stopping the vitamin C pills, his kidneys got better in two months.
Score breakdown, methodology, conflicts of interest, evidence analysis & raw study data
Publication
Journal
GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS
Year
2024
Authors
Patel Architaben Ramanbhai, Deep Mukhopadhyay
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Claims (2)
When the body breaks down too much vitamin C, it produces oxalate that forms crystals in the kidneys and damages kidney tissue.
Chronic use of high-dose vitamin C supplements in a 42-year-old man without prior kidney disease led to severe acute kidney injury with oxalate crystals in the kidneys, and the condition improved after stopping the supplements and receiving standard medical care.
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