Symptoms of nephritis in seven-month-old babies

Many parents will also find that even children may develop diseases. For example, a seven-month-old baby may develop nephritis. Nephritis is not a simple disease. This disease will occur suddenly and cause many complications. The onset will be very acute and the symptoms will be extremely obvious. Everyone needs to understand it clearly.

pathology

Glomerulonephritis, abbreviated as nephritis, is a group of acute onset, diffuse glomerular damage diseases caused by post-infectious immune response due to different causes. The main clinical manifestations are edema, oliguria, hematuria and hypertension, and the general course of the disease is about 4-6 weeks. Summer and autumn are the peak seasons for childhood nephritis, which is more common in children aged 5-12 years old.

The treatment of pediatric nephritis is not complicated, but care is 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. In the early stages of this disease, due to obvious edema and azotemia, a low-salt and low-protein diet should be given. The daily salt intake is 1-2 grams, and the protein intake is 0.5 grams per kilogram of body weight per day, but chicken and duck eggs should be avoided to avoid increasing the burden on the kidneys. Encourage children to eat more fruits, and resume their original diet when edema disappears and blood pressure returns to normal.

symptom

Generally, kidney disease in children develops slowly, and the children become tired, listless, and have a loss of appetite. The age of onset of simple nephropathy is relatively young, mostly between 2 and 7 years old, while the age of onset of nephritic nephropathy is relatively old, mostly over 7 years old. The gender distribution is 4:1 with more males than females.

If kidney disease is suspected due to edema, some examinations need to be done: blood routine, urine routine, bilateral kidney B-ultrasound, and renal function test should be done. A preliminary diagnosis can be made based on the clinical symptoms.

Edema is the most obvious symptom of kidney disease in children: edema often appears first, starting from the face and eyelids, and gradually spreading to the whole body. Simple kidney disease is often severely edematous, and the skin is sunken when pressed with fingers. In severe cases, the serous cavity is involved, and pleural effusion, ascites, hydrocele and scrotal edema occur, which can lead to difficulty breathing, diarrhea or vomiting.

The swelling may recur and occasionally resolve on its own. The edema in nephritic nephropathy is not as obvious as that in simple nephropathy, and may be very mild or even difficult to detect. Hypoalbuminemia causes malnutrition and developmental delay, which is manifested by thin hair, dry skin, susceptibility to intertriginous rashes and ulcers, pale fingers and toes, dull complexion, pale lips and white coating. Children are tired, less active, apathetic, and prone to infection.