Dear Doctor: I was recently diagnosed with chondrocalcinosis, which is quite painful. I know it’s similar to gout, though it is due to calcium crystals rather than urea. What treatments can help with ...

Chondrocalcinosis is a type of arthritis that typically affects the knees and causes flare-ups of pain and inflammation. While these flare-ups may be brief, the condition can cause permanent joint ...

This page lists all known medications that could potentially lead to 'Chondrocalcinosis' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications. The ...

Hypomagnesemia increases the risk of chondrocalcinosis and calcium pyrophosphate disease. We examined whether the use of drugs that can cause hypomagnesemia, diuretics and proton pump inhibitors (PPIs ...

X-RAY demonstration of multiple articular chondrocalcinosis has been advanced as a useful preliminary diagnostic sign for pseudogout, a disease marked by deposition of calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate ...

THE association of gout and demonstrable calcification of cartilage has received scanty mention in the medical literature. The present study demonstrates that in a high percentage of patients with ...

Calcium pyrophosphate deposition (CPPD) disease is a common, symptomatic arthritis, but until now there have been there are no validated classification criteria. This has hampered research in this ...

Chondrocalcinosis (the deposition of calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals in hyaline articular and/or meniscal fibrocartilage) is not associated with cartilage loss in osteoarthritic knees, say ...

Dear Doctor: I was recently diagnosed with chondrocalcinosis, which is quite painful. I know it’s similar to gout, though it is due to calcium crystals rather than urea. What treatments can help with ...