2015年12月3日星期四

Clinical Symptoms of Renal Insufficiency in Children

Renal Insufficiency refers to chronically progressive decline in renal function due to various kinds of kidney diseases. Although Renal Insufficiency is in children is not as common as in adults. However, its severity of the disease can not be neglected by parents. If your children have the following abnormal symptoms, you should pay more attention to them.

1. Slow growth

With the decline in renal function, their kidneys can not work normally. In order to alleviate the burden to kidneys, the children have to limit their diet. As a result, they will not be able to get enough nutrition, especially calorie and protein. Moreover, the children with Renal Insufficiency also have electrolyte disturbance, it can restrain the bone growth.

2. Anemia

When GFR declines 35 ml/min or even lower, the hemoglobin level will decrease obviously. If the adults and children with Renal Insufficiency have renal function decline in the same degree, the anemia in children is more serious.

3. Hypertension

When Renal Insufficiency develops into the advanced stage, only a minority of children keep normal blood pressure. Even if the children undergo regular dialysis or use antihypertensive medicines, about 40% of them still keep high blood pressure. Therefore, the parents should monitor the children’ blood pressure closely.

4. Cardiovascular system

Cardiovascular diseases are the main death cause for the children with Renal Insufficiency. According to some researches, about 63% of children on dialysis and 27% of them with kidney transplant die of cardiovascular diseases. Heart failure and pericarditis are very common among the children.

5. Renal osteodystrophy

Renal osteodystrophy include bone and mineral metabolic disturbances. Kidneys have close relationship with calcium, phosphorus, PTH and vitamin D. When kidney function declines, the related minerals metabolism also changes. Therefore, the children usually have slow growth, bone ache, bone deformation, chondropathy and so on.


In addition, the children with Renal Insufficiency also have nerve diseases and so on. The parents should pay more attention to the above abnormal symptoms. If you children have one or several symptoms, you should ask him/her to do further exam to get a definite diagnosis. If you want to know more information about Renal Insufficiency or some other aspects such as treatment, prevention and so on, please consult us on line or email to kidney-treatment@hotmail.com.

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