Kidney Disease in Children - More than 90% or kidney nephrotic syndrome in children are the result of the primary kidney disease of unknown cause. Nephrotic syndrome secondary to systemic disease is rare in comparison to the adults, the cause of most rare is Henoch-Schonlein syndrome.
Incidence of renal disease occur in children with chronic kidney failure. Disease chronic renal failure in children is more common than in adults, but has a worse effect on growth and development. Clinical symptoms are usually not seen until a decline in kidney function up to 60-80%. The clinical symptoms may not be obvious that any failure to thrive, aneroksia and nocturia or can be acute symptoms in chronic crisis which can be caused by an infection. Urinary tract infection or expenditure salt can accelerate deterioration of renal function, while the extra renal infection accompanied by increased catabolism and vomiting can lead to a decrease in glomerular filtration rate suddenly.
Children with chronic renal failure should be monitored by a team of child efrologi capable of providing optimal care which comprises administering a special diet, the possibility of surgery and psychological preparation if it will be done dialysis or transplantation. Growth disturbance in chronic renal failure is a multifactorial problem, but with the provision that aggression dietary supplements in children with large, or by feeding through a nasogastric or gastrostomy in children 2 years of age first, can help prevent the occurrence of short stature in children who often seem to fail Chronic kidney.
To know the children with kidney disease, it is necessary to watch out for some of the symptoms that can be found in children. The first sign of kidney problems may be swollen in the eyelid, high blood pressure, red blood cell count is low (anaemia), or blood or protein in the urine. When doctors found a single one of these problems, further tests may be needed, including blood or urine test additional, or X-rays. In some cases, doctors may have to do a biopsy takes a small piece of the kidney for examination under a microscope. One disease that initially only showed swollen in the eyes of a child when I wake up in the morning Nephrotic syndrome is a disease that is one of the kidney disease that is often found in children, is a collection of clinical symptoms consisting of massive proteinuria, hypoalbuminemia, hypercholesterolemia and swollen.
