Kidney in children

In our time, sand in the kidneys and signs of its formation are disturbing people aged 20 years and over. Every person can find it at any time because, no one is immune from this. The reasons for this disease, we will try to highlight in this article.

In order not to resort to surgery, the main thing is not to start a disease. If you do not want to get on the surgical table, read this article and save yourself from such a fate.

What is this?

This is important! To the formation of salts, sand and stones in the kidneys lead changes in the chemical composition of the blood, which in turn is triggered by a metabolic disorder.

The appearance in the kidneys or concrements( stones) in medicine is called urolithiasis( urolithiasis).This disease can be observed in patients of different ages: from newborns to pensioners. The symptomatology of the disease depends on the age of the patient. Sand - a small stone, which only begin to appear in the kidney.

Causes of this problem

The presence of sand in the kidney can be provoked by a variety of reasons. If a child has a wrong diet, he leads a sedentary lifestyle - this leads to a change in metabolism, which provokes his appearance.

When a patient consumes large amounts of protein, fatty and spicy food, this is a direct road to the appearance of sand. Also, the root cause of his education may be other various diseases. Particularly affecting are pathological changes in the upper urinary tract. It is these diseases that most often lead to a genetic predisposition, the formation of obstacles to the release of urine and chronic gastrointestinal diseases.

Clinical signs of

The presence of sand in the kidneys in the patient does not carry any uncomfortable sensations, however, when the sand begins to come out, it is very painful with certain symptoms. It is about them that we will talk later in the article.

Children who suffer from urolithiasis often complain of pain in the lumbar region, constantly ask to go to the toilet and quickly become tired. Why does sand appear even in the youngest children? The main reason for the appearance of a child is a genetic predisposition, in other cases the occurrence of this condition is affected by a systematic violation of the regime of baby food.

How does sand leave the kidneys? When moving through the urinary tract, irritation of mucous membranes occurs, which entails an inflammatory process. There are cases when the release of sand occurs without any painful symptoms, in this situation - it can only be determined by ultrasound. Unfortunately, such cases are very rare.

Often, stones and( or) sand make themselves felt very painfully, the symptoms appear in every patient completely differently:

• The kidneys in the kidney can often be accompanied by a temperature increase, which is caused by inflammatory processes that occur when moving through the urinary canals. You can also note vomiting, nausea, with the increase in blood pressure, edemas may appear, due to the difficult withdrawal of fluid from the body.
• Obstructed urination. It is due to the fact that sand moves along the urinary tract to the bladder. Because of this, the process of urination passes very painfully or at all is difficult, and does not bring a feeling of complete emptying to the patient himself. The urge to urinate is very frequent;
• Change in the composition of urine. When studying the color and composition of urine, the presence of sand in the kidneys is clearly visible. A murky or dark shade of urine speaks of urolithiasis. The dark shade of urine depends on its chemical constituents. In rare cases, the urine can be isolated hematuria( blood particles), which can be both in a liquid state and under the guise of clots. Purulent discharge in the urine indicates that the case is very severe;
• Pain occurs when sand passes through the canal walls and their irritation. In this case, the person has cutting sharp pains in the lumbar region. Most often it appears only in one kidney, which is why pain is one-sided. Pain in the sand in the kidneys can be as aching as it is acute. Pain can give to the upper abdomen and groin area. These symptoms can indicate that the child has a kidney colic.

This is important! It should be noted that sometimes there are more rare symptoms, for example, kidney sand in a child is often accompanied by a low-grade fever, which is due to the inflammatory processes that occur as the crystals pass through the urinary canals. In small patients, there is also nausea, which gradually turns into severe vomiting. Also, there are cases when the blood pressure rises and swelling arises( due to a violation of the normal withdrawal of fluid from the body).

We listed only the main signs that are characteristic of this pathological condition. You can find out about other signs from your treating specialist, he will tell you about many other manifestations.

Treatment Information

How to cure this disease? Consider the main points of treatment of this disease.

This is important! In order to begin treatment of sand in the kidneys, it is necessary to accurately establish this diagnosis. Since during the treatment of this disease, a person may not notice the development of another, more serious illness. Therefore, in the beginning it is necessary to carry out the necessary diagnostic measures to clarify the presence of sand in the kidneys.

For the diagnosis, a specialist can prescribe the following procedures:

1. X-ray examination;
2. Ultrasonography of the urinary tract.
3. OAM, UAC.

This is important! X-ray examination and ultrasound are the most informative, often they allow you to accurately determine the presence of stones and sand in the patient's kidneys.

The next step in the treatment is to create a diet for the patient, whose composition depends on the prevailing type of salts in the patient's urine. The exclusion of chocolate, meat broths, coffee, pepper, smoked and fried meat products is necessary if there is a large number of urates in the urine.

When performing the recommendations of a specialist, it is possible to reduce the amount of sand in the kidneys, as well as getting rid of it. To not miss the beginning of the formation of concrements, you should carefully monitor the health of the child.

We believe that after reading this article you found answers to questions related to the presence of sand in the kidneys of the child and his treatment. Also we remind that, first of all, it is necessary to apply to a qualified specialist for receiving recommendations, and in no case should we do self-medication.

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