Nephrolithiasis

Renal Stone Disease

What is the most likely cause of this patient's renal stone disease?

Nephrolithiasis is commonly found in men as compared to women. In this disease, the stones have often been witnessed to reoccur and each stone can be associated with significant metabolic and intervention-related morbidity. There are many possible causes for the disease. Firstly, it occurs mostly to the people who make use of supplemental calcium. However, the dietary calcium intake decreases of the chances of the development of this disease. The calcium's role is bonded with the ingested oxalate in the gastrointestinal tract. When the intake of supplementary calcium ...