Urinary tract infections are the most very frequent diseases in young children. In terms of frequency, they give up their primacy only to ARVI. In the first year of life, complicated and uncomplicated, urinary tract infections are diagnosed more often in boys, but in the older age, the disease often affects girls.
How to detect and how to treat urinary tract infections in children in time? What are their causes? And how can they not be allowed?
Causes of Urinary Tract Infections
Infection of the urinary tract in the infants, as in the older child, arises from the fact that in his bladder, kidneys, urethra, the bacteria begin to multiply.
To this may result in hypothermia, inadequate hygiene, and also, inadequate nutrition. In newborns, the infection of the urinary tract can be diagnosed as a hereditary disease or may occur because of a congenital urinary tract abnormality in the child.
Signs of a urinary tract infection
In children, as in adults, urinary tract infections are accompanied by the following symptoms:
- pain or burning sensation during urination;
- frequent urge to urinate or release only a small amount of urine;
- inability to control urination;
- urine of reddish or pink color;
- urine has an unpleasant odor;
- urine cloudy;
- sometimes the child may feel pain in the abdomen or in the lower back;
- a child may complain of a lack of appetite, be depressed, whiny.
Treatment of urinary tract infections
In the treatment of urinary tract infections, antibiotics are widely used (the doctor chooses a suitable drug based on the analysis of the sensitivity of bacteria to a specific type of antibiotic), a copious drink is prescribed, diet No. 5. The child is prescribed bed rest. In uncomplicated infections, treatment is carried out at home, but with acute inflammatory processes the patient may be hospitalized.
In the treatment of urinary tract infections, fatty foods, sharp and fatty snacks, smoked foods, canned foods are prohibited. It will be useful to temporarily abandon both sweet, sweet fresh bread and bakery products, that is, from all those products that create a favorable environment for the reproduction of bacteria.
For the treatment of urinary tract infections, folk recipes are also used, but their use is possible only with the advice of a doctor and in conjunction with the main course of treatment:
- Tea from echinacea. The use of this drink strengthens the body's immune system, can be used as tea bags, and also brewing fresh plant roots, pouring them with boiling water.
- Tea from the nettle. This drug is a diuretic, it should strengthen the formation of urine, with which bacteria will be removed from the urinary tract.
- Garlic tincture. Garlic has a strong antibacterial effect. Peel two cloves of garlic, carefully mash them, pour the resulting gruel with warm water and let it brew for five minutes.
Prevention of urinary tract infection
For the prevention of urinary tract infections in a child should follow the following rules:
- Observe the child's personal hygiene, including ensuring that his underwear always remains not only clean, but also dry.
- Do not let the child become hypothermic.
- To follow the rational nutrition of the child.