Measures to prevent kidney disease in children

In our time , kidney diseases in children stand second in prevalence after a banal ARVI, therefore, to develop measures for the prevention of kidney diseases is an important task of modern medicine. Every day the number of dysfunctions that are associated with congenital pathologies is growing. If a particular disease has not been detected in a timely manner, or the treatment has not been fully implemented, serious chronic diseases that can even lead to disability can subsequently occur.

Why are kidney diseases progressing ? First of all, it can be explained by poor ecology, deterioration of the state of the environment, in particular, the water we use. Also, the Chernobyl disaster had a big impact. But for all that, one should not lose sight of the fact that prevention of kidney diseases in our country is either very weak or not at all. Warn and heal in the early stages of kidney pathology can only be when:

• Timely diagnosis, which should be carried out immediately after birth or in the first year of life of the child;
• Timely and effective treatment of existing pathologies;
• Rehabilitation after the course of treatment.

Measures to prevent kidney diseases include regular ultrasound diagnosis (USP procedure) and clinical and laboratory studies. These actions will reveal the possible pathology in the early stages. Over the past few years, the diagnosis of renal pathology in young children has improved: their presence can be identified even when the child is in the womb (with ultrasound examination of pregnant women), while at an early age it is not always possible. Nowadays, a large number of cases occur when pathology is detected only in adolescence, in particular, in the medical examination of pre-conscripts in the direction of the military commissariat.

Effective treatment does not occur in all cases, and several factors contribute to this. Firstly, this is an insufficient qualification of doctors. Secondly, the effectiveness of treatment can affect the drugs themselves, or rather, their high price. Unfortunately, drugs that can rid the child of pathology or act as a measure for the prevention of kidney disease (or any other) have a relatively high price, so not all parents can afford to purchase them. Previously, the state allocated money to pay for medicines for children, but in the last few years, funding has ceased.

Another important part of the active treatment of renal pathologies for children is sanatorium-and-spa therapy. If a child is found, for example, glomerulonephritis, then treatment on the South Coast of Crimea is simply necessary for him to fully recover. Children who have problems with pyelonephritis need treatment in sanatoria with drinking mineral waters. Unfortunately, in our time the number of vouchers for children who really need sanatorium treatment is limited.

All of the above problems can be solved if:

• All medical institutions will be equipped with the necessary equipment for diagnostic purposes;
• The level of sanitary culture of the population will be increased. First of all it is necessary to get people to regularly take measures to prevent kidney diseases - to undergo a complete examination of the body from qualified specialists to identify any pathologies at an early stage.
• Doctors will have a higher level of skills in identifying these diseases in children in the early stages.

In order to prevent the pathology of the kidneys, timely prevention of radiation sickness is necessary. The fact that this disease reduces the body's resistance to infections, resulting in increased susceptibility to various infectious diseases, which can develop into a chronic form. These include tonsillitis, caries, holicystitis, etc.

The disease is much easier to prevent than to spend a large amount of money, energy and time to cure, in particular, it concerns kidney diseases. Form a healthy child's body is necessary from childhood to a future mother.