How to treat urinary tract infection in children?

When it comes to urinary tract infection, perhaps the first thing people think of is adults. In fact, as we grow up, children, especially babies under one year old, are the direct victims of urinary tract infections. Urinary tract infection can cause great harm to the patient's body. Especially since these babies cannot express their pain with words, it is even more difficult for them to face such a situation. So what is the best way to treat urinary tract infections in children?

1. The first thing is to choose antibiotics that are sensitive to pathogenic bacteria. Guiding clinical treatment based on the results of in vitro drug sensitivity tests remains an effective method, and its consistency rate with clinical efficacy is reported to be 70-80%. But it is worth mentioning that: due to the different distribution concentrations of drugs in renal tissue and the different internal environments in which drugs work in different patients, the clinical efficacy and drug sensitivity results are sometimes not completely consistent. This is something we must pay attention to.

2. Rationally select antibiotics and their course of treatment. Clinically, a comprehensive analysis should be made based on the location of the urinary tract infection, the severity of symptoms, and the presence or absence of urinary tract malformations. Since acute cystitis is an infection of the superficial mucosa, especially in the initial case, antibiotics with high urine concentrations should be selected as much as possible. Short-term therapy can usually be used, but it should be pointed out that given the difficulty in localizing urine sensation in children, especially infants, many scholars still advocate the use of conventional therapy for 10-14 days. As for deep infections of the renal parenchyma, most advocate the use of drugs with relatively high blood and urine concentrations, and the use of bactericides with strong antibacterial effects whenever possible. If the renal parenchymal infection is caused by complicated urinary infection, the presence of drug-resistant strains must also be considered. In this case, combination therapy is often recommended, and intravenous injection and appropriate extension of the treatment course should be used. Once symptoms are under control, long-term maintenance treatment and follow-up are required.

3. Choose antibiotics with less nephrotoxicity or fewer side effects whenever possible to avoid causing damage to the renal parenchyma. Since children, especially infants, have incomplete renal function and poor regulation of the body's water and electrolytes as well as toxin excretion, the choice of antibiotics should emphasize both its effectiveness and its negative effects.

4. Taking medicine alone can only treat the symptoms but not the root cause. You should pay attention to hygiene. Do not wash children's clothes with adults' clothes. Rinse the detergent thoroughly. Dry the clothes in the sun instead of air drying. If you use a washing machine, it is best to use children's special laundry detergent.

What is the best way to treat urinary tract infection in children? Looking at the introduction above, we know that when facing such situations with children, we must be careful and serious. Children's bodies are not fully developed yet, and their physical fitness is not as good as that of adults, so we must pay attention to the use of drugs during treatment. Also, parents should help their children maintain private hygiene, so as to prevent the disease from the root.