Urinary tract infection in children

Every step of a child's growth requires careful care from parents, and paying attention to children is a job that requires a lot of patience and carefulness. A child will not cry for no reason. He will cry because some part of his body makes him uncomfortable. Parents should pay attention when their children continue to cry. They may appear to be fine, but they are suffering from severe physical discomfort, such as urinary tract infection.

So what are the causes? What are the appropriate and efficient ways to solve the problem of urinary tract infection in children? Many parents whose children suffer from urinary tract infection have been running around in hospitals for a long time asking these various questions.

The most important thing in treating urinary tract infections in children is to choose effective antibiotics. The ultimate goal is to improve the cure rate, reduce the recurrence rate, and achieve the most satisfactory results with minimal side effects.

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%.

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.

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.

Through the above introduction, we can understand that the most important thing for children's urinary tract infection is to reduce the possibility of recurrence. Parents who understand this knowledge can choose the most appropriate hospital and the most appropriate method to treat their children when their children are sick. Otherwise, due to one’s ignorance, the child’s normal treatment may be delayed.