What causes kidney disease in children?

Adults are more likely to develop kidney disease, but it does not rule out that some children may suffer from this disease. But what causes kidney disease in children? There is a great possibility that it is related to genetics, which requires parents to pay more attention to observing their children in daily life. Another is the invasion of pathogens due to the decline in children’s immunity, and even some inflammations can induce kidney disease. In addition, worsening colds in children may also cause kidney disease.

1. What causes kidney disease in children?

The occurrence of kidney disease in children is closely related to genetic factors. According to investigations, most children with kidney disease clinically have a family history of the disease. This shows that the occurrence of this disease is inseparable from genetic factors, and we must pay special attention to this.

Infection is also a common cause of kidney disease in children. If children suffer from infectious diseases such as pharyngitis and tonsillitis and do not receive timely treatment, they will also develop kidney disease. Colds are also a way to induce and aggravate kidney disease. Therefore, parents must pay special attention to preventing infections to prevent kidney disease in children.

The occurrence of childhood kidney disease is also closely related to environmental factors. For example, wind, cold, humidity, etc. will cause the body's own immune function and disease resistance to decrease, making it easy to be invaded by pathogens. This is also a common cause of childhood kidney disease. Everyone must take it as a warning.

2. What are the symptoms of kidney disease in children?

Symptoms include high blood pressure and poor sleep. About 1/3 of patients with glomerulonephritis will experience high blood pressure, manifested by symptoms such as headache, memory loss, and poor sleep. If parents find that their children have the above symptoms, they should seek medical attention immediately, and patients with high blood pressure must have a routine urine test, especially young patients.

anemia. Patients with moderate or severe chronic renal insufficiency often have anemia and symptoms such as fatigue, dizziness, and pale complexion. For patients with anemia, if blood system diseases are excluded, attention should be paid to whether they have chronic renal insufficiency.

Loss of appetite. Patients with early uremia often experience symptoms such as loss of appetite, nausea, and skin itching. Therefore, patients with these symptoms, especially those with hypertension and anemia, must have their kidney function checked.

Edema and abnormal urine volume. Although patients with glomerulonephritis lack specific symptoms, they often experience fatigue, weakness, low back pain, edema of the eyelids, face, and ankles, increased foam in the urine, and abnormal urine color in the early stages. Therefore, when these symptoms occur, you should go to the hospital for a routine urine test.

Increased nocturia. In the early stages, patients with chronic renal insufficiency may only experience an increase in the frequency and volume of nocturnal urination. If a healthy person does not drink a lot of water before going to bed, he should not urinate or only urinate once after sleeping at night. If he often urinates more than twice at night, he should go to the hospital to check his urine routine and kidney function.

3. How to treat kidney disease in children

Experts point out that the treatment of nephritis in children is not very complicated, but care is very important and plays a decisive role in the prognosis.

Children with nephritis need to rest in bed for 1-2 weeks after onset of the disease. Because bed rest can reduce the body's energy consumption, reduce the burden on the heart, improve renal blood flow, and help prevent complications such as heart failure and hypertensive encephalopathy. Once the edema subsides, blood pressure stabilizes, and gross hematuria disappears, the child can be allowed to get out of bed and move around indoors or take a walk outdoors.

During the treatment of childhood nephritis, the following should be noted: the daily dietary energy provided to children with kidney disease does not need to be too high; sodium and water must be limited; patients are advised to follow a low-protein diet; choose to eat more alkaline foods; in acute glomerulonephritis, the patient's urine is generally acidic, and the acidity and alkalinity of food can adjust the pH of the urine.

Childhood nephritis is an acute disease with a short course, rapid treatment progress and easy recovery. However, improper treatment of acute nephritis in children may lead to complications and worsen the condition, making it difficult to reverse.