BACKGROUND A man experienced multiple episodes of macroscopic hematuria following nocturnal exercise.Urinary stones and tumors were considered the two most likely causes.The patient had two hobbies:Consuming health ca...BACKGROUND A man experienced multiple episodes of macroscopic hematuria following nocturnal exercise.Urinary stones and tumors were considered the two most likely causes.The patient had two hobbies:Consuming health care products in large quantities and engaging in late-night running.CASE SUMMARY Health care products contain a large amount of calcium phosphate,and we hypothesize that this could induce the formation of small phosphate stones.After exercise,the urinary system is abraded,resulting in bleeding.The patient was advised to stop using the health care products.Consequently,the aforementioned symptoms disappeared immediately.However,the patient resumed the above two habits one year later;correspondingly,the macroscopic hematuria reap-peared.CONCLUSION This finding further confirmed the above inference and allowed for a new avenue to determine the cause of the patient’s hematuria.展开更多
SYSTEMIC lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemicautoimmune disease. Several mechanismshave been put forward as underlying the loss ofself-tolerance and development of organdysfunction, such as genetic, environmental...SYSTEMIC lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemicautoimmune disease. Several mechanismshave been put forward as underlying the loss ofself-tolerance and development of organdysfunction, such as genetic, environmental, hormonal andimmunoregulatory factors.展开更多
文摘BACKGROUND A man experienced multiple episodes of macroscopic hematuria following nocturnal exercise.Urinary stones and tumors were considered the two most likely causes.The patient had two hobbies:Consuming health care products in large quantities and engaging in late-night running.CASE SUMMARY Health care products contain a large amount of calcium phosphate,and we hypothesize that this could induce the formation of small phosphate stones.After exercise,the urinary system is abraded,resulting in bleeding.The patient was advised to stop using the health care products.Consequently,the aforementioned symptoms disappeared immediately.However,the patient resumed the above two habits one year later;correspondingly,the macroscopic hematuria reap-peared.CONCLUSION This finding further confirmed the above inference and allowed for a new avenue to determine the cause of the patient’s hematuria.
基金support by Department of Nephrology,Peking University First Hospital
文摘SYSTEMIC lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemicautoimmune disease. Several mechanismshave been put forward as underlying the loss ofself-tolerance and development of organdysfunction, such as genetic, environmental, hormonal andimmunoregulatory factors.