Symptoms of urinary tract infection in girls

Children have lower immunity and are therefore more susceptible to diseases. If parents or children do not pay attention to hygiene, the chance of urinary tract infection will increase. Nowadays, many girls are affected by urinary tract infections because the occurrence of this disease is related to the special physiological structure of girls. Generally speaking, the incidence rate is higher in children under 3 years old, because children cannot urinate or defecate on their own during this period, so the number of bacteria will increase.

What is a Urinary Tract Infection?

Urinary tract infection refers to an inflammatory lesion caused by bacterial infection of the bladder and urethra. It is also known as cystitis and urethritis. Cystitis is divided into acute cystitis and recurrent cystitis. Urinary tract infections are almost all secondary to lesions outside the urinary system and the vast majority are caused by Gram-negative bacteria. The incidence rate in women is 10 times that in men.

Symptoms of urinary tract infection in girls :

The typical clinical manifestations of urinary tract infection are frequent urination, urgency, and pain when urinating, which are symptoms of bladder irritation. However, according to clinical observations, the clinical manifestations of infants and young children are often atypical. This atypical urinary tract infection often presents with systemic symptoms such as fever and vomiting, or with fever, abdominal pain, and microscopic hematuria as the main symptoms, while local urinary tract symptoms are not obvious.

In particular, newborns often present with systemic symptoms such as fever, refusal to feed, pallor, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal distension, slow weight gain, sluggishness, convulsions, jaundice, etc., while urinary system symptoms are rare, so they are easily misdiagnosed as other diseases. The symptoms of urinary tract infection in older children are more obvious, and they often have symptoms such as frequent urination, burning sensation when urinating, bed-wetting, and hematuria.

Daily care for urinary tract infection

In daily life, parents should try not to let their children wear open-crotch pants, change diapers for babies frequently, and help clean the baby's buttocks in time after defecation to keep them clean. Girls should clean their vulva from front to back. When diarrhea, upper respiratory tract infection, pneumonia, sepsis and other diseases occur, active treatment must be sought to prevent bacteria from invading the urinary tract through the blood circulation and causing infection.

For the health of children, parents should pay more attention to their children's physical condition, discover and treat problems in time to prevent them from suffering greater harm.