Sounds like it could be urine crystals/crystalluria. I'm hoping it isn't too serious.
August 23, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Sounds like it could be urine crystals/crystalluria. I'm hoping it isn't too serious.
* The 1 in 7 prevalence refers to the general cat population. The chances of developing HCM shoots up dramatically in purebred cats, especially Maine Coons and Ragdolls. scienceforanimalwelfare.org/species/cat/...
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy - Science for Animal Welfare
Related terms hypertrophic heart disease, heart failure VeNom term Urolithiasis/crystalluria – calcium oxalate (VeNom code: 2062) Related conditions hypercalciuria Outline About 30% of Maine coon cats...
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July 16, 2026 at 5:25 PM
* The 1 in 7 prevalence refers to the general cat population. The chances of developing HCM shoots up dramatically in purebred cats, especially Maine Coons and Ragdolls. scienceforanimalwelfare.org/species/cat/...
Does he often suffer from crystalluria?
April 27, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Does he often suffer from crystalluria?
2. Amorphous urates may be found in the urine of a normal subject, but they can also be found in the same pathological conditions associated with uric acid crystalluria like in our case 🤗. Sometimes they can be confused with cocci.
G.B. Fogazzi, The Urinary Sediment
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March 11, 2026 at 6:37 PM
2. Amorphous urates may be found in the urine of a normal subject, but they can also be found in the same pathological conditions associated with uric acid crystalluria like in our case 🤗. Sometimes they can be confused with cocci.
G.B. Fogazzi, The Urinary Sediment
G.B. Fogazzi, The Urinary Sediment
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Mesalazine crystalluria
doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.06.027
#MedSky #NephSky #lithiasis #mesalazine
Mesalazine crystalluria
doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.06.027
#MedSky #NephSky #lithiasis #mesalazine
December 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Mesalazine crystalluria
doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.06.027
#MedSky #NephSky #lithiasis #mesalazine
Mesalazine crystalluria
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#MedSky #NephSky #lithiasis #mesalazine
My Sushi Roll has crystalluria and a UTI. She needs special Rx food for the rest of her life now, but this will stop her discomfort and peeing blood. Grateful so, so, so much that it's not something worse than urinary tract crystals.
October 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
My Sushi Roll has crystalluria and a UTI. She needs special Rx food for the rest of her life now, but this will stop her discomfort and peeing blood. Grateful so, so, so much that it's not something worse than urinary tract crystals.
Amoxicillin crystalluria (AC) and amoxicillin-induced crystal nephropathy (AICN): a narrative review
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➡️step-by-step diagnosis
HDIVA = high dose IV amoxicillin (≥150 mg/kg or ≥8 g per day)
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➡️pathophysiology
➡️step-by-step diagnosis
HDIVA = high dose IV amoxicillin (≥150 mg/kg or ≥8 g per day)
doi.org/10.1016/j.ki...
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August 13, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Amoxicillin crystalluria (AC) and amoxicillin-induced crystal nephropathy (AICN): a narrative review
➡️pathophysiology
➡️step-by-step diagnosis
HDIVA = high dose IV amoxicillin (≥150 mg/kg or ≥8 g per day)
doi.org/10.1016/j.ki...
#IDSky
➡️pathophysiology
➡️step-by-step diagnosis
HDIVA = high dose IV amoxicillin (≥150 mg/kg or ≥8 g per day)
doi.org/10.1016/j.ki...
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Clinical pharmacology friends, how likely is it that patients would develop sulfamethoxazole crystals in urine if given prophylactic doses of co-trim PLUS methenamine? The case reports I have seen are all patients on high dose co-trim
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July 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Clinical pharmacology friends, how likely is it that patients would develop sulfamethoxazole crystals in urine if given prophylactic doses of co-trim PLUS methenamine? The case reports I have seen are all patients on high dose co-trim
#IDSky #ClinPharm
#IDSky #ClinPharm
What is sulfalen?
Sulfalen is effective against meningococcus, staphylococcus, chlamydia and plasmodia.
The main side effects of sulfa drugs are: allergies, effects on the central nervous system, blood disorders, crystalluria.
#sulfalen #Sulfanilicacid #Sulfanilamide #pharmacology
Sulfalen is effective against meningococcus, staphylococcus, chlamydia and plasmodia.
The main side effects of sulfa drugs are: allergies, effects on the central nervous system, blood disorders, crystalluria.
#sulfalen #Sulfanilicacid #Sulfanilamide #pharmacology
June 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
What is sulfalen?
Sulfalen is effective against meningococcus, staphylococcus, chlamydia and plasmodia.
The main side effects of sulfa drugs are: allergies, effects on the central nervous system, blood disorders, crystalluria.
#sulfalen #Sulfanilicacid #Sulfanilamide #pharmacology
Sulfalen is effective against meningococcus, staphylococcus, chlamydia and plasmodia.
The main side effects of sulfa drugs are: allergies, effects on the central nervous system, blood disorders, crystalluria.
#sulfalen #Sulfanilicacid #Sulfanilamide #pharmacology
Side effects of sulfonamides
The main side effects of sulfa drugs are: allergies, effects on the central nervous system, blood disorders, crystalluria.
#sulfonamides #sideeffects #antibiotic #pharmacology
The main side effects of sulfa drugs are: allergies, effects on the central nervous system, blood disorders, crystalluria.
#sulfonamides #sideeffects #antibiotic #pharmacology
June 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Side effects of sulfonamides
The main side effects of sulfa drugs are: allergies, effects on the central nervous system, blood disorders, crystalluria.
#sulfonamides #sideeffects #antibiotic #pharmacology
The main side effects of sulfa drugs are: allergies, effects on the central nervous system, blood disorders, crystalluria.
#sulfonamides #sideeffects #antibiotic #pharmacology
Also tonight is a great night for my cat to have a crystalluria flare 🥲
She keeps coming to me for comfort and I'm like 😭😭😭
She keeps coming to me for comfort and I'm like 😭😭😭
April 12, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Also tonight is a great night for my cat to have a crystalluria flare 🥲
She keeps coming to me for comfort and I'm like 😭😭😭
She keeps coming to me for comfort and I'm like 😭😭😭
March 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Diagnosis by stone analysis, urine amino acids (COLA), crystalluria (large, stacked hexagonal crystals), or crystals)
Treatment: hyper hydration, low salt and methionine (normal protein intake in children, no more than 1g/kg/day for adults). #IPNA2025
Treatment: hyper hydration, low salt and methionine (normal protein intake in children, no more than 1g/kg/day for adults). #IPNA2025
February 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Diagnosis by stone analysis, urine amino acids (COLA), crystalluria (large, stacked hexagonal crystals), or crystals)
Treatment: hyper hydration, low salt and methionine (normal protein intake in children, no more than 1g/kg/day for adults). #IPNA2025
Treatment: hyper hydration, low salt and methionine (normal protein intake in children, no more than 1g/kg/day for adults). #IPNA2025
Day 6: #methenamine drug-drug interactions; crystalluria risk increases with use of sulphonamides (severe). Alkalising agents & acetazolamide can decrease efficacy. Can affect urine specimen results (NOT exhaustive)
February 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Day 6: #methenamine drug-drug interactions; crystalluria risk increases with use of sulphonamides (severe). Alkalising agents & acetazolamide can decrease efficacy. Can affect urine specimen results (NOT exhaustive)
Amoxicillin crystalluria during endocarditis treatment
doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2024.07.029
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doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2024.07.029
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January 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Amoxicillin crystalluria during endocarditis treatment
doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2024.07.029
#KINephrologyImage #MedSky #NephSky #nephrotoxicity
doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2024.07.029
#KINephrologyImage #MedSky #NephSky #nephrotoxicity
19/19 that’s it, be aware that IV acyclovir can cause AKI, watch for crystalluria during its use because it may precede AKI, and also during AKI. If biopsy, expect ATN. If you ever find tissue crystals, please publish it! The end. 🔬
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January 19, 2025 at 12:17 AM
19/19 that’s it, be aware that IV acyclovir can cause AKI, watch for crystalluria during its use because it may precede AKI, and also during AKI. If biopsy, expect ATN. If you ever find tissue crystals, please publish it! The end. 🔬
10/n I was able to find in PubMed 9 cases with needle-shaped urine crystals, but only 6 of them had concomitant AKI. See my tally below. In other words, finding abundant crystals at the time of AKI does not seem to be common. Probably crystalluria precedes it.
January 19, 2025 at 12:17 AM
10/n I was able to find in PubMed 9 cases with needle-shaped urine crystals, but only 6 of them had concomitant AKI. See my tally below. In other words, finding abundant crystals at the time of AKI does not seem to be common. Probably crystalluria precedes it.
8/n there is extensive literature reporting that IV acyclovir can lead to acyclovir crystalluria and those drug crystals can damage renal tubuli and even deposit there and cause AKI. But, let’s take a closer look at those reports:
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January 19, 2025 at 12:17 AM
8/n there is extensive literature reporting that IV acyclovir can lead to acyclovir crystalluria and those drug crystals can damage renal tubuli and even deposit there and cause AKI. But, let’s take a closer look at those reports:
December 19, 2024 at 4:06 AM
December 19, 2024 at 3:51 AM
#AKI septic shock, granular casts, likely iATN, tons Ca oxalate #crystals. PMH bowel resection #UrinarySediment #pisseprophet #crystalluria #urinemicroscopy
December 19, 2024 at 3:21 AM
#AKI septic shock, granular casts, likely iATN, tons Ca oxalate #crystals. PMH bowel resection #UrinarySediment #pisseprophet #crystalluria #urinemicroscopy
My personal record T Bili 71. Sickle cell acute hepatopathy. Pigment-induced ATI #AKI bilirubin crystals, sCr 7.8. #UrinarySediment #pisseprophet #urinemicroscopy #renalrecords #crystalluria
December 19, 2024 at 2:36 AM
My personal record T Bili 71. Sickle cell acute hepatopathy. Pigment-induced ATI #AKI bilirubin crystals, sCr 7.8. #UrinarySediment #pisseprophet #urinemicroscopy #renalrecords #crystalluria
Bilirubin-stained hyaline cast with some granularity and impressive leucine #crystals. Fun day at the #urine #microscopy lab #AKI biliary tract occlusion #bilecastnephropathy #UrinarySediment #crystalluria #pisseprophet #hepatobiliarynephrology #urinemicroscopy #spinyourownurine
December 18, 2024 at 11:24 PM
Bilirubin-stained hyaline cast with some granularity and impressive leucine #crystals. Fun day at the #urine #microscopy lab #AKI biliary tract occlusion #bilecastnephropathy #UrinarySediment #crystalluria #pisseprophet #hepatobiliarynephrology #urinemicroscopy #spinyourownurine
Atypical barrel shaped, rectangular and crossed uric acid #crystals along with classic one. Urine pH 5.0 pretense #AKI. Bottom right: pseudocast from crystalline structures, same urine. #UrinarySediment #pisseprophet #incidentalfinding #crystalluria
December 18, 2024 at 10:09 PM
Atypical barrel shaped, rectangular and crossed uric acid #crystals along with classic one. Urine pH 5.0 pretense #AKI. Bottom right: pseudocast from crystalline structures, same urine. #UrinarySediment #pisseprophet #incidentalfinding #crystalluria
#AKI on #CKD stg 4. Incidental struvite cystals, urine culture sent. #UrinarySediment #pisseprophet #urinemicroscopy #crystalluria
December 18, 2024 at 3:51 PM
#AKI on #CKD stg 4. Incidental struvite cystals, urine culture sent. #UrinarySediment #pisseprophet #urinemicroscopy #crystalluria