Saturday 25 August 2012

Causes of Urinary Track Infection in Children - possible duplex kidney or ureter


Source: gustrength.com

What is a urinary track?

It is the system that takes urine our of your body

Who gets Urinary Track Infection?


Mostly women/girls

What's the usual cause?

Infection causing bacteria gets into your system through  the tube that carries urine from your bladder to the outside of your body (Urethra). These gems can travel into your bladder and into your kidneys and can cause infection. .

Urinary track infection is mostly seen in girls but if boys gets urinary track infection, it has to be taken seriously.

Cause of infection in boys?

One of the cause of Urinary Track Infection in boys is duplex system (duplex kidney, duplex ureter) and reflex of urine from bladder back to kidney.

How is it treated?

Interestingly, 70% of the children having reflex of urine back to the kidney get normal flow (urine from kidney to bladder) after couple of weeks. There are several ways to monitor this, you have to ask your physician about this.

When boys gets infection and doctors could detect reflex of urine to kidney from the bladder, they usually give first set of antibiotics to kill the bacteria and another set (a very low dose) to prevent further infection, for the next couple of days/weeks.  The doctors will also recommend you to visit a surgeon after couple of weeks to check if reflex has stopped.

Take home message

 IF YOUR BOYS HAVE URINARY TRACK INFECTION, TAKE IS SERIOUSLY AND IF POSSIBLE GET A DOCTOR TO CHECK FOR DUPLEX KIDNEY AND URETER, HE MAY BE HAVING A REFLEX OF URINE TO THE KIDNEY.




Normal Kidney and Duplex Kidney
Source: .chop.edu

Monday 20 August 2012

How to make the sleeping baby awake





Each baby is unique and reacts differently. My elder one wanted food all the time while my second takes couple of times in a day and sleep most of the time.

If you are wondering how to make a baby (less than one month old) awake to feed or do provide medication here are some tricks how to make a sleeping baby awake -

1. Change the clothes: Changing clothes (thus changing body temperature) is what most babies don't like and this is an effective way to make the baby awake

2. Tickle on the bottom of the feet: Some babies don't like to be tickled in the feet and this can make a baby awake

3. Tickle in the back: Tickling in the back also can make the baby awake

4. Talk to the baby: Hearing and smelling sensation are the two most powerful ways a new born baby senses what is around. Talking to the baby can make some babies awake (well, this trick doesn't work with my second child)