Symptoms of childhood kidney disease

Children may have some specific diseases, such as hand, foot and mouth disease. However, many parents do not know that some diseases that adults often suffer from may also occur in children. For example, children may get nephrotic syndrome. What is more serious is that if children suffer from this disease, the harm will be greater. So what are the characteristics of childhood kidney disease? Let us learn about it below.

The characteristics of childhood kidney disease include the following:

1. Children's kidney disease mostly occurs in children aged 2-6 years old, and the incidence rate in boys is significantly higher than that in girls. Children's kidney disease is very easy to recur and prolong, and symptoms usually appear within one month of infection, so you need to be vigilant at this time.

2. Children with kidney disease will initially develop edema of the face, trunk and lower limbs, especially in areas with loose tissue. Eyelid edema is the most typical and common first symptom of kidney disease in children. Severe kidney disease patients may also experience symptoms such as thinning skin, ascites and pleural effusion.

3. Some children with kidney disease develop white or purple lines on the thighs, upper arms, abdomen and chest, similar to those of pregnant women. The children with nephrotic syndrome will have a significantly reduced urine volume, and proteinuria will be detected in routine urine tests. The loss of a large amount of protein can lead to the occurrence of hypoproteinemia.

4. The course of kidney disease in children is extremely long and very prone to relapse. The course of the disease in some children can even last about 10 years, so it is necessary to persist in treatment. During treatment, it is necessary to prevent upper respiratory tract infections. Long-term recurrent kidney disease may affect the development of children and aggravate the patient's condition.

Children will only feel uncomfortable after suffering from kidney disease, and they are unlikely to be able to understand some of the symptoms of this disease. However, our parents and friends cannot be careless at all. They must actively understand the full range of symptoms of this disease in order to help their children fight the disease.