Children are the characteristics of nephrotic syndrome

Children with nephrotic syndrome is a prominent characteristic of a high degree of swelling. Children lower extremities,trunk can have edema, In particular organizations loose parts more obvious, such as the eyelid, the boy's scrotum was swollen like the lamp can be, but also the visceral serous cavity fluid, such as pleural effusion and ascites. Swelling serious skin thin translucent, skin injury will be a slight seepage. Edema affect blood circulation, so that local resistance lower and prone to infection. Nephrotic syndrome urine contains large quantities of protein, urine routine inspection found urine protein up to + + + to ++++, 24 hour urinary protein excretion increased. Blood tests can be found in plasma albumin check reduced to the normal white, the proportion globulin from 1 to 1.5 into 0.5, occurred inverted ratio, plasma cholesterol increased. Some patients may infants medial thigh and upper arm, abdomen and chest and pregnant women appeared similar to the skin aedes albopictus or purple stripes, urine output decreased significantly. Due to long-term from the loss of a large number of protein in urine, there will be the performance of protein malnutrition, dry yellow wilt hair, hair follicle keratosis, skin drying means (toe) A white stripes appeared, growth retardation, anemia and vulnerability. Some have hematuria in children and high blood pressure. Nephrotic Syndrome longer course, it is highly recurrent. The greatest danger is secondary infection, such as skin erysipelas, intestinal infection, pneumonia, peritonitis and sepsis, and other primary, secondary infection can cause any deaths.