What are the symptoms of nephrotic syndrome in children? Parents should be alert to these 4 situations

In recent years, due to improper diet and environmental influences, many people's kidneys have been affected, and even various kidney diseases have been induced. In addition to adults, many children also suffer from kidney damage and kidney disease. When pediatric kidney disease occurs, sometimes the symptoms may not be particularly obvious, so many parents ignore it and cause the disease to worsen. Therefore, parents should understand this and be vigilant when their children have these symptoms.

What are the symptoms of kidney disease in children?

1. Edema in the body

Generally speaking, the most obvious symptom of kidney problems is edema. If you find that your child has edema on the face or lower limbs in a short period of time, you should be alert. Don't think that your child has gained weight recently. You should have a physical examination of your child, especially the kidneys. Because when there is a problem with the glomerular filtration barrier, the plasma albumin level will drop, causing edema throughout the body. It may even lead to more serious diseases as kidney function continues to decline.

2. Anemia

The early symptom of kidney disease in children is anemia. When children have anemia to varying degrees, parents should pay attention to it and not think that this is common, because anemia is often a manifestation of decreased body immunity. It may be caused by kidney disease due to decreased kidney function. At this time, you should take your child for examination to rule out kidney disease.

3. Abnormal urine

You can also tell whether the child's kidneys are normal from the urine. If the child has increased foam when urinating and the urine color changes, and it becomes tea or soy sauce color, you should be alert because the normal color of a child's urine is light yellow and without foam. If the urine color changes in a short period of time, or there is too much foam in the urine, you should pay attention to it.

4. Streaks appear on the body

Some children with kidney disease will have some horizontal lines on the skin of the inner thighs, abdomen, chest and abdomen when their condition is serious. These horizontal lines are similar to stretch marks that appear in pregnant women.

What tests should be done if a child is suspected of having kidney disease?

1. Serum test

Through serum examination, we can know the various indicators of kidney function, and by knowing the various indicators, we can know whether the child's kidneys are normal.

2. Ultrasound examination

B-ultrasound examination can tell whether there are abnormalities in children's kidneys, especially some solid kidney diseases, which can be discovered in time.

Generally speaking, the harm caused by pediatric kidney disease after its occurrence is relatively large, so parents should be particularly vigilant. After all, the incidence of pediatric kidney disease has been increasing in recent years. Only by understanding the symptoms can we discover abnormalities in the child's body in time to avoid the disease being ignored and continuing to develop, causing harm, and ultimately affecting the child's physical life.