What are the symptoms of acute nephritis in children and how to prevent it?

It is said that children are the apple of their mothers' eyes, so mothers will pay special attention to their children's health. Such protection is correct, because when children are in pain, they will not describe it but will only cry, which can easily delay the disease. If your child has a bad cold, low-grade fever, dizziness, nausea and other uncomfortable symptoms, you should be alert to acute nephritis in children. So what are the symptoms of acute nephritis in children and how to prevent it? The editor will introduce to you:

Acute nephritis in children is more common in preschool children, and usually occurs one week after a cold or skin infection. Since the symptoms are not painful or itchy, if parents do not carefully observe the changes in their children, the disease may be delayed. This disease often has precursor infections such as acute tonsillitis and skin pustulosis 1-4 weeks before the onset of the disease. Symptoms initially include low fever, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, etc. These symptoms are no different from general fever infection, are not likely to attract people's attention, and are often ignored. Edema and oliguria are the characteristics of this disease. Generally, the edema starts from the child's eyelids and gradually spreads to the whole body. Therefore, when a child has upper eyelid swelling, the cause should be found out to see whether it is due to drinking too much water or lack of rest, or because of kidney disease.

In most children, hematuria is invisible to the naked eye, and red blood cells can only be found under a microscope. Only a small number of children have visible hematuria. The color of hematuria can be bright red like meat washing water or dark tea color. This is related to the acidity and alkalinity of urine. I hope you will pay attention to this when observing the urine of children.

After understanding the symptoms, let’s take a look at how to prevent acute nephritis in children:

1. Exercise, strengthen your physical fitness and improve your disease resistance.

2. Pay attention to climate changes and add or remove clothes for children in time to avoid external evil.

3. Pay attention to skin hygiene, change clothes and take a bath frequently, especially in summer, to prevent mosquito bites and skin infections.

4. For children with recurrent tonsillitis, tonsillectomy may be considered. For those who have acute pharyngitis or skin infection, effective treatment should be given as soon as possible to reduce the chance of nephritis.

I hope that after reading the above content, young mothers can learn more about the symptoms and preventive measures of acute nephritis in children. I hope that careful mothers can protect their children and let their children grow up healthily, and not let their negligence cause pain to the whole family.