Children Urinary Tract Infection

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Easily forgotten by many complications due to bacterial urinary tract infections caused by invasive urinary tract. In fact, the urine is a sense of common diseases in children, the children's risk of urinary tract infections occur not low.

According to the survey, the disease accounts for pediatric urological disorders 8.5%. This disease can occur at any age children, two infants under the age of incidence is particularly high. The incidence for boys and girls 3-4 times, only incidence of infant boys than girls.

Why are prone to urinary tract infection in infants

This is mainly the baby's anatomy and physiology and environmental factors of the decision. Prone to retrograde urinary tract infection in infants and young children, due to frequent use of diapers or wear open crotch pants, urethra often affected by manure and other dirt and pollution, can be said that E. coli, Proteus, and Staphylococcus aureus and other bacteria in the urinary tract on the accumulation of mouth around looking for an opportunity; babies, especially girls, the urethra is short, sphincter function is poor, bacteria easily up to the bladder along the urethra, causing bladder infection or pelvic infection; coupled with auto-immune infants and young children are not perfect, defensive ability is poor, is not only apt to cause ascending infection, may also be due to susceptibility to upper respiratory infection, pneumonia, bacteremia and other infections caused by urinary tract downstream.

Hidden symptoms of urinary tract infection

In fact, urinary tract infection in infants and young children also have frequent urination, urgency, dysuria symptoms, but they can not be expressed in language, in fact, he's crying, and refused feeding also does not apply to the performance of the urethra. Diapers need to constantly change, and every time urination little, perhaps, the urinary frequency urgency of the performance; perineum common with diaper rash, diapers smell and so on, are likely to be the characteristics of urinary tract infection. The urinary tract infection symptoms, but easily be overlooked. On the contrary, most see the external manifestations of infection such as fever, often associated with respiratory or gastrointestinal symptoms linked to divert the attention of parents and doctors to cover up the substance of urinary tract infection.

Note that early detection of

If a child is often accompanied by fever of unknown causes growth retardation or weight loss, or can not find the reasons for crying, vomiting and so on, have to think about urinary tract infection. Often say "fever of unknown origin" may be it is a sign of the disease. The next time you observe whether the increase in the number of diaper change? Each urine output is reduced? Are there weight gain of urine smell? Whether the change turbid urine, etc., and should be sent to urine tests can determine whether the urinary tract infection.

2010-03-23