Both children and adults may suffer from nephritis. Nephritis, commonly known as glomerulonephritis, is a common kidney disease. Children with nephritis often suffer from acute nephritis. Acute nephritis often occurs in humid weather and variable seasons. It occurs 1-2 weeks after sore throat or upper respiratory tract infection, and is also prone to occur in children with skin diseases and purulent skin infections. So, is pediatric nephritis easy to treat? Any disease requires early detection and treatment, and pediatric nephritis is no exception. Timely treatment of nephritis is relatively easy to recover!
Symptoms of pediatric nephritis
Acute tonsillitis, pustular dermatitis, and other precursor infections are often present 1 to 4 weeks before the onset of the disease. Symptoms such as low-grade fever, cough, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, decreased appetite, fatigue and weakness begin to appear. Hematuria and edema are the diagnostic features of this disease. In the early stage of the disease, the urine volume of the child decreased significantly, edema aggravated, shortness of breath, rapid heart rate, irritability, and then the condition could deteriorate rapidly, with dyspnea, inability to lie flat, pale face, cold limbs, frequent coughing, and pink foam like sputum, indicating that the child had heart failure. If the child experiences severe dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and transient blindness in the early stages of the disease, and in severe cases, sudden convulsions or coma, it is a manifestation of hypertensive encephalopathy. Some severe cases may experience acute renal failure in the early stages.
Daily nursing of pediatric nephritis
1. Pay attention to keeping warm and avoid letting children catch a cold. A cold can worsen the condition and even cause recurrence.
2. Children should not eat too much salt, and their diet should pay attention to reducing salt intake. This is very important for children whose blood pressure has not yet dropped to normal. But salt free meals can also affect appetite, so a low salt diet is recommended. After the swelling and high blood pressure disappear, the regular diet can be improved, but it should also be light and not too salty. Mantou and soda biscuits also contain sodium, so it is best not to give them to children. Children can eat some fresh vegetables and fruits to supplement their vitamins in the body.
3. Children should not be exhausted, and parents should pay special attention to arranging their children's sleep schedule and getting sufficient rest as much as possible.
4. Children's clothes should not be worn for a long time without changing, as infection is often a cause of kidney disease recurrence. Regularly taking a shower and changing clothes to keep the skin clean can prevent skin infections.
5. It is not advisable to reduce or stop medication casually. Treatment for kidney disease usually requires taking steroid drugs. Children taking steroids must gradually reduce their dosage under the guidance of a doctor as their condition improves until the medication is discontinued. Parents should urge their children to take medication on time and in the appropriate amount, and must not arbitrarily reduce or stop taking medication to avoid recurrence of the condition.
