Friday, April 4, 2008

How to recognize children with acute nephritis

Also known as acute nephritis acute glomerulonephritis, as a disease of the immune response after infection, and often secondary to the respiratory tract, or skin after streptococcal infection. Of course, most good prognosis of the disease and not leave any after-effects, but if the incidence of early handled properly, or some serious cases, may even chronic nephritis to renal failure, and endanger the baby's life. 1-4 weeks prior to the onset of acute tonsillitis often, skin diseases such as impetigo pioneer infection. Began to have low-grade fever, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, poor appetite, and other symptoms. Oliguric swelling and the characteristics of this disease is generally swelling of the eyelid children first, gradually expanding to the whole body. Depression does not mean pressure, urine output, swelling decreased significantly, or even urine, about 1-2 weeks, a gradual increase urine output, swelling gradually dissipated. Most children with hematuria is invisible to the naked eye, and only a small number of patients with hematuria visible to the naked eye. Hematuria were some bright red color of meat like washing water, and some may wish tea color. This generally visible to the naked eye in the hematuria disappear within 1-2 weeks. Hypertension is the performance of children with nausea, vomiting, dizziness, but if a rise in blood pressure too fast, there will be many serious complications. Early onset patients with urine significant decrease in the swelling increased, shortness of breath, heart rate accelerated, irritability, which can be rapidly deteriorating conditions, difficulty in breathing, can not supine and looking grey, cold extremities, and frequent cough, pink bubble-like Kachu sputum that children with heart failure have occurred. If children in the early onset severe dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and a temporary blindness, suddenly serious convulsions, coma, compared with the performance of hypertensive encephalopathy. Some serious cases in the early acute renal failure. These conditions, if not promptly addressed, the consequences would be unthinkable. When your child has a section of the former suppurative tonsillitis or skin infection history, and in the phenomenon of swelling and oliguria, early diagnosis and treatment.

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