Kidney Dialysis, low Vitamin D, low Magnesium - many studies

FACT: A health Kidney recycles Magnesium into the blood so as to keep a constant level
FACT: A health Kidney helps in the final activation of Vitamin D (cells can also perform this function)
LIKELY: A diseased kidney in less able to regulate Magnesium and activate Vitamin D
FACT: Often people with Chronic Kidney Disease are prescribed fully activated Vitamin D or analogs
SUSPECT: Some dialysis filters out both Activated Vitamin D and Magnesium

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39+ VitaminDWiki pages with HEMODIALYSIS etc in title

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Kidney dialysis clinics are aware of the problem, but are not paid to restore the removed Vitamin D

• Kidney Dialysis clinics reluctant to add vitamin D treatment as they are not reimbursed – Oct 2012

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Hemodialysis and Magnesium

• The effect of hemodialysis on serum magnesium concentration in hemodialysis patients May 2020 doi: 10.21037/apm-20-992 FREE PDF
  • "Hemodialysis treatment can decrease the total serum magnesium concentration.
• Routine hemodialysis induces a decline in plasma magnesium concentration in most patients: a prospective observational cohort study - Jyly 2018 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28629-x FREE PDF
• Serum Magnesium and Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients in the United States: A Cohort Study - Dec 2015 https://doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2015.06.014
• Magnesium in Hemodialysis Patients: A New Understanding of the Old Problem - 2018 https://doi.org/10.1159/000485700
  • "Summary: A growing number of observational studies have uncovered the relationship between lower serum magnesium levels and poorer survival of hemodialysis patients. "
• Baseline Serum Magnesium Level and Its Variability in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients: Associations with Mortality - 2019 https://doi.org/10.1159/000498957 FREE PDF
  • 13.2 X more likely to die if low Magnesium

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VitaminDWiki - 7 studies in both categories Kidney and Magnesium

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VitaminDWiki - Overview Kidney and vitamin D contains

• FACT: The Kidneys are not the primary way to activate vitamin D; the tissues are
• FACT: When the Kidney has problems, there is less active vitamin D (Calcitriol) for the body
• FACT: When the Kidney has problems, there is increased death due to many factors - many of which are associated with lack of Calcitriol
• FACT: There are many ongoing intervention clinical trials trying to determine how much of what kind of vitamin D is needed to treat the problem
• FACT: One Randomized Controlled Trial has proven that Vitamin D treats CKD
• FACT: 38% of seniors have Chronic Kidney Disease and most are unaware of it CDC statistics 2020
• FACT: Taking extra Vitamin D, in various forms, does not cause health problems - even if poor kidney
• Suggestion: Increase vitamin D getting into body now - and increase co-factors so that the vitamin D can be better used
    Sun, UV lamp, Vitamin D supplement - probably > 5,000 IU,
  Nanoemulstion vitamin D (inside cheek, topically) gets activated Vitamin D to the cells without the need for healthy kidney, liver, or intestine
  Calcitriol - which bypasses the need for the kidney to activate vitamin D
    Problems with Calcitriol however: typically only lasts for a few hours, also, possible complications
      Update: Pre-cursor of active vitamin D made from plants is better than calcitriol – Sept 2012
• Category Kidney and Vitamin D contains 238 items

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VitaminDWiki - Kidney category contains

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See also in VitaminDWiki

• Fully-activated Vitamin D (Calcitriol) is produced inside and outside of the kidneys – July 2020
• Kidney Dialysis often filters out Vitamin D, a problem for vegetarians and others- Feb 2021
• Chronic Kidney Disease decreases Vitamin D in 4 ways – Nov 2017
• Vitamin D testers have different test results if there is chronic kidney disease – Sept 2019
• Vitamin D activation is mainly done by the tissues, not the Liver and Kidneys