High Serum Aluminum Levels on Hemodialysis Patients and These Causes.

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  • 血液透析患者における高血清アルミニウム値とその原因

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It is known that hemo-dialysis patients have a high content of aluminum in their serum and this has a close relation to encephalopathy and osteodystrophy. We determined aluminum content in the serum of 76 hemodialysis patients in Niigata Prefectural Center Hospital (in Joetsu City). The aluminum content in the serum of 14 (18%) patients was significantly higher than that of normal subjects. We then researched the causes of the patient-s higher aluminum levels. The result showed that patients who had taken hemodialysis for more than 15 years tended to have a higher contend of aluminum in their serum. Another result showed that the patients who had taken certain medicines containing aluminum (Bafferin, Otaisan, Kumanoi etc.) also had a higher level of aluminum in their serum. We also found out that a patient who had high aluminum in his serum had drunk oolong tea. In addition to these results we have to mention that the water from the filtration plant SIROYAMA proves to contain higher aluminum than other plants. We also found out that the water in the old aluminum kettles and pans contains a higher level of aluminum.

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