Protein in the general analysis of urine in a child. Can there be protein in a urine test in a healthy child? Indications for this study

25.06.2019

Increased protein in the urine of a child may signal the onset of pathological changes in the body, but not always indicators of protein in the urine indicate diseases. There are some situations where physicians define dual medical tactics.

Increased protein in the urine of a child is a sign of a health disorder, subject to the rules for passing the analysis.

Protein (protein) is an important component of the human body, which is involved in the regenerative processes of soft tissues, muscle structure. Metabolic processes in the body of any person are impossible without protein compounds, protein reactions with other substances.

Normal protein values in urine tests are determined by laboratory tests and indicate the correct development of the child's body. If the electrolyte balance is disturbed, the protein levels are exceeded, it is said about the addition of a pathological process associated with the urinary system.

So what does protein in the urine of a child mean? Is it dangerous to exceed it?

Urinalysis and proteinuria in children

Urinalysis is a simple and reliable method of laboratory research that quickly determines the onset of a pathological process in a child's body.

At the first symptoms of a violation of well-being in children at any age, it is recommended to take an analysis.

Depending on the state of health, objective status, clinical and life history of the patient, several types of urinalysis are distinguished:

To collect daily urine in a pharmacy, you can purchase a special sealed container

clinical (general urinalysis);
daily urine test for protein (useful for detecting daily urinary excretion of important chemicals and enzymes, so it is important to know the rules on how to take a daily urine test for protein);
according to Nechiporenko (analysis allows you to more fully reveal the picture of the existing disease associated with pathological changes in the kidneys, urinary tract);
test according to Zimnitsky (the analysis evaluates the concentration ability of nephrons in the kidneys, allows us to suspect the development of renal failure, pyelonephritis, glomerulonephritis and other kidney diseases).

Each type of analysis, along with other methods of laboratory and instrumental research, allows the doctor to assess the degree of disorders in the organs and systems of the child, make the correct diagnosis and draw up a specific treatment strategy.

Elevated protein in the urine of a child requires re-sampling. If a protein is detected again or if its indicators increase, an additional study is prescribed.

So, what to do if you find an increased protein in the urine of a child? What does it mean? Why does the child have increased protein in the urine?

The state of proteinuria is due to the excess of the norm of protein in the analyzes.

Proteinuria is classified into several types

Morning urinalysis will show a reliable picture if it is collected no more than 3 hours ago

postrenal (inflammatory process in the lower urinary tract, pelvic organs, genitals);
renal (renal proteinuria, in which nephrons do not provide complete absorption of protein compounds, releasing them with diuresis: polycystic kidney disease, tuberculosis, pyelonephritis, and others);
prerenal (adrenal proteinuria, indicating an excess of protein compounds: anomalies in the development of the spleen, violation of the technique of blood transfusion, and others);
orthostatic (teenage proteinuria, which is characterized by insufficient functioning of the urinary organs due to hormonal changes in the body, transient infantilism of the urinary tract).

Proteinuria is a temporary phenomenon, which is detected during infectious, colds, fungal diseases of various etiologies. After proper treatment, the protein does not exceed the allowable rate.

Causes and symptomatic picture

Increased protein in the urine of a child is evidence of the development of pathological
process.

When detecting a protein, it is important to consider many factors, such as the age of the child.

So, in newborns or infants, a similar condition is often noted (for example, overfeeding a child, fatty mixtures, early complementary foods, etc.). In adolescents, proteinuria is associated with hormonal age-related changes in the body.

Protein in the urine of a child, the causes of which may be reversible, is important to identify in time.

The analysis is taken in the morning on an empty stomach, which is explained by the lack of physical activity during sleep.

Specific conditions such as

all kinds of allergic reactions of the body;
hypothermia;
emotional overstrain and stress;
skin burn;
transferred infections of any origin;
body dehydration.

An increase in protein in the urine of a child is sometimes not considered a symptom of a serious illness.. After the end of treatment for certain diseases, traces of protein in the urine of the child remain for a long time. As a rule, after the relief of certain conditions and the treatment of diseases, the indicators return to normal.

There are other reasons for increased protein in the urine of a child in excess of the norm.

There is a link between kidney disease and increased protein in the urine

chronic renal failure;
polycystic kidney disease (adult / child type);
traumatization of the renal tissue;
glomerulonephritis;
thrombus formation in the vessels of the kidneys;
anomalies in the development of the kidneys and urinary tract;
hematological diseases;
diabetes;
hypertension (including adequate antihypertensive therapy) and so on.

If more serious diseases are suspected in the child's body, only one urine test is not enough to reliably determine the diagnosis. Elevated protein in the analyzes implies further diagnostics.

The symptomatic picture for an excess protein level is often latent and appears only after changes in the functioning of certain organs and systems.

Attentive parents, who do not neglect preventive examinations and urine tests, help doctors identify various pathological conditions at the earliest stages of development.

Common symptoms of persistent proteinuria include

soreness of bone tissue;
fast fatiguability;
muscle pain;
loss of appetite;
change in the color of urine;
dizziness, drowsiness;
temperature (with the addition of inflammation, protein and leukocytes in the urine of a child);
dyspeptic disorders (, nausea, stool thinning, etc.).

To obtain reliable information, it is important to take into account the quality of the collected sample, not to neglect the elementary rules for collecting urine. For the analysis of any kind, there are certain rules that will allow you to evaluate deviations from the norm.

Normal performance

With the absolute health of a small patient, protein detection in urine tests is impossible. The rate of protein in the urine in children is calculated in the laboratory.

The average allowable norm of protein is considered to be up to 0.036 g / l. When the protein concentration approaches 1 g/l, then it is said to be moderately increased. If the protein indicators exceed the readings of 3 g / l, then this indicates persistent disorders in the body of a child of any age.

Protein in the urine of a child, norm, table of values:

Age group	Protein in morning urine	Protein in a daily portion of urine
Premature babies (under 1 month old)	< 845 мг	< 60 мг
Term babies (up to 1 month old)	< 455 мг	< 68 мг
Children up to a year	< 315 мг	< 87 мг
Children aged 1-4 years	< 217 мг	< 121 мг
Children from 4 to 12 years old	< 223 мг	< 194 мг
Children from 11 to 17 years old	< 391 мг	< 238 мг

Objectively, for children from birth to 16 years, the protein in the urine of a child is 0.2 g / l. Indicators of protein in the urine of a child of 0.1 g / l are also considered normal under certain circumstances.

How to collect a urine test for protein

When taking tests, for example, a general (clinical) urinalysis, it is important to follow a few simple rules:

Sterility of containers. To sterilize a reusable container, it is permissible to wash it without special means with a sufficient amount of boiled water. For simplicity and convenience of collection in the pharmacy network, you can purchase a special container for analysis.
Hygiene of the external genital organs. The reliability of laboratory data is affected by impurities, so it is important to wash the child's genitals with ordinary baby soap.
Time of collection and delivery of the analysis. After collecting the material and transferring it to the clinical diagnostic laboratory, no more than 2.5-3 hours should pass. You can not collect urine at night or in the evening before the morning delivery. It is important to collect urine on an empty stomach after waking up.

Monitoring of urine analysis in a child should be regular. With age-related changes, after serious viral diseases, after operations and during a period of emotional stress, mandatory urine tests should be taken.

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Methods of treatment and traditional medicine

After passing a urine test, increased protein does not require special drug therapy, since it is not a disease, but is considered a symptom in the field of nephrological practice.

Depending on the existing disease and the etiological reasons for the increase in protein in urine tests, treatment is prescribed. Diseases require an individual approach to treatment, which depends entirely on the causes that caused the increase in protein in the urine.

In the absence of visible health problems, with a satisfactory objective status of the patient and his clinical history, pediatricians recommend taking tests again or drinking decoctions of a number of medicinal plants.

Rosehip decoction, infusions of fir pomace, fruit drinks and compotes based on cranberries or lingonberries, herbal tea with chamomile and propolis, thyme, birch buds or linden can improve the condition of a patient with proteinuria.

The child can be limited in daily salt intake (salt-free diet), but here it is important to monitor the indicators of sodium metabolism.

conclusions

To prevent excess protein in the urine in children, it is important for parents to monitor their health. With a slight malaise, with functional disorders of organs and systems, with various diseases, during the period of recovery and rehabilitation after operations, it is important to visit a doctor in a timely manner and take tests.

Strengthening the immune system, maintaining the right lifestyle within the family, the normal emotional state of the child helps to successfully treat any disease, bring chronic ailments into stable remission, and sometimes stop the development of a serious pathological process.

Protein in the urine of a child is the main indicator of kidney function, indicating their ability to filter. Despite the fact that the kidneys are organs with powerful compensatory abilities, children often encounter diseases from the field of nephrology. That is why it is important to regularly take a urine test that can determine deviations from normal values.

Why does protein appear in the urine?

In order to understand the causes of proteinuria and what protein in the urine of a child means, it is necessary to imagine the structure of the kidneys and the types of proteinuria.

The kidneys are paired organs that filter the blood. At the same time, substances “unnecessary” to the body, for example, creatinine or urea, are excreted with urine, and important elements, like protein, remain inside the body.

So, at the norm, urine protein is absent or does not exceed 0.033 g / l when collecting the morning portion, and the daily protein in the urine of a child is 0.2 g / l and below.

The kidney membrane is designed in such a way as not to let the protein molecules through, returning them to the bloodstream. However, this happens if the kidneys are healthy. And in diseases that provoke the destruction of the integrity of the membrane, the protein enters the urinary tract, and then into the urine.

Doctor's advice: do a complete urine test after suffering an infectious disease. This makes it possible to notice the disease at a relatively early stage, and take therapeutic measures.

However, proteinuria in children appears without somatic pathology:

Proteinuria in infants under 1 month of age occurs in most cases. The reasons for this are not yet known to science, although it has been found that if the protein in the urine of a child is 0.3 or lower, then the pathology does not require treatment.
In infants, traces of protein in urine indicate that the urinary system is not yet able to filter blood without passing protein molecules through the membrane. This phenomenon disappears on its own as the child grows up, if the daily portion contains protein in the urine of a child of 0.1 or less.
Adolescents have orthostatic proteinuria: in this case, the protein in the urine of the child is slightly increased if he was in an upright position. Thus, a routine complete urinalysis, a portion of which is collected after waking up, may not show any abnormalities. And an analysis for daily proteinuria or a test, for which the child is asked to spend fifteen minutes standing on his feet, and then collect urine for research, reveals traces of protein in the child's urine.

Thus, the rate of protein in the urine of a child indicated in the table excludes the risk of having a disease.

Age	Morning serving (protein)	Daily portion (protein)
Up to 1 month (premature)	up to 845 mg	up to 60 mg
Up to 1 month (term)	up to 455 mg	up to 68 mg
Up to 1 year	up to 315 mg	up to 87 mg
From 1 year to 4 years	up to 217 mg	up to 121 mg
4 to 12 years old	up to 223 mg	up to 194 mg
10 to 16 years old	up to 391 mg	up to 238 mg

Doctor's advice: the reason for the error in the results of the urine test will be a violation of the rules of hygiene or the collection of portions in non-sterile dishes. Therefore, having found high protein in the urine of a child as a result, take the test again, paying special attention to hygiene.

What tests to take?

Complete urinalysis

It can not only indicate protein in the urine of a child, but also help with differential diagnosis: if protein and leukocytes are found in the urine of a child, there is reason to suspect an inflammatory process, for example, pyelonephritis.

If protein and red blood cells are found in the urine of a child, the clinical picture will resemble glomerulonephritis - inflammation of the nephrons. It is also dangerous if it is found. Thus, the doctor has the opportunity to quickly prescribe additional studies and treatment.

Analysis of the daily portion of urine

Helps in the diagnosis of orthostatic proteinuria. Before donating daily proteinuria, it is necessary to prepare a clean jar in which urine is collected for exactly a day so that the first morning portion of urine does not fall into the jar, and the last portion is added in the morning.

Having collected a portion, you need to measure its amount, shake the contents of the jar, and pour a small amount into a special container for urine collection, indicating on it the total amount of urine per day.

If the test results are higher than normal, it is worth considering the causes of increased protein in the urine of a child. However, it is also important to monitor the boy's hygiene before collecting tests.

Proteinuria: possible diseases

The most common reason why protein appears in urine is an inflammatory process inside kidney cells. But sometimes proteinuria can also be caused by diseases of other organs and systems.

For example, damage to the heart (endocarditis), hyperthyroidism (hyperthyroidism), myeloma, diseases of the intestines and the nervous system.

① Glomerulonephritis

A disease characterized by inflammation of the glomeruli - nephrons. Pathology can be acute or chronic: in the first case, the disease is extremely difficult to tolerate, but guarantees complete recovery in most cases.

The chronic form, on the contrary, is incurable, and in a small number of cases, a long-term remission is noted. Glomerulonephritis is the most common cause of kidney failure.

② Pyelonephritis

Pathology characterized by inflammation of the renal pelvis. According to statistics, the chronic form without symptoms is observed in most people. However, if the analysis significantly increased the protein in the urine of a child, you need to contact a nephrologist.

③ Kidney cancer

A malignant formation in the kidney tissue that can act as a cause of protein in the urine of a child.

Symptoms of proteinuria

Do not delay your child's visit to the doctor

Speaking about the general symptoms of proteinuria, we can consider the clinical picture that occurs with kidney disease and a decrease in the level of nephron filtration:

weakness;
nausea, ;
stool disorders, vomiting;
bone pain;
symptoms of intoxication;
swelling.

If these symptoms are detected, the child should be taken to the doctor immediately. The pediatrician will prescribe additional tests, including those that will allow you to make a diagnosis and prescribe the appropriate treatment.

Doctor's advice: it is visually difficult to notice the protein in the urine of a child, in contrast to the increased content of leukocytes or erythrocytes. Sometimes the protein in urine is noticeable by the foam cap that appears on the surface of the urine, but this sign can hardly be called reliable.

Treatment of proteinuria

In therapy, anti-inflammatory, nephroprotective and antihypertensive drugs are usually used, which reduce the load on the kidneys and give them the opportunity to recover so that the norm of protein in the urine in children is stable.

It's important to know that folk remedies for kidney disease without a doctor's instructions can not be used: the fact is that herbal preparations, tinctures and other products contain trace elements, which, with low filtration of the kidneys, cause intoxication and.

Thus, possession of information about the causes, signs and interpretation of analysis indicators makes it possible to quickly diagnose and resort to productive methods of treatment.

How to take urine tests, what they can show in children, is discussed in this video.

With the normal functioning of organs and systems, protein in the body of a little man should not be present.

It can only be detected as a result of pathological changes, with ailments that affect the system of renal structures and the urinary system.

Prevention

As a preventive measure, it is necessary to take a general urine test of the child, once a year, in order to be sure of the state of his health. If, however, the baby is scheduled for vaccinations, or if he is sick, it is imperative to take a general urine test.

The kidneys of a healthy person and a child in particular work to cleanse and remove foreign, toxic substances from the body. These types of substances are urea and its derivatives, as well as ammonium salts and indican.

Substances and compounds necessary for the body, such as glucose and amino acids, return to the bloodstream, being absorbed from the primary urine. Normally, up to 55 liters of blood plasma is filtered in a child, while in an adult it is up to 175 liters.

In the presence of residual fractions of protein compounds in the urine of a child, the amount of which is up to 50 mg per 1 liter, should not cause concern.

If the protein content increases to one gram per liter, this may be evidence that minor changes are taking place in the body. If protein compounds reach 3 grams per 1 liter, this means a significant increase, and is called proteinuria.

Diagnostic methods

In order to determine the amount of protein in urine, it is necessary to undergo special laboratory tests. For children, the determination of protein by the method of the highly sensitive quantitative method of Lowry is used. This method allows you to determine up to 100 mg per day. Less sensitive is the method called the Heller test, with which you can determine the content of up to 45 mg in one day.

The most sensitive is a qualitative sample using a 3% solution of sulfic acid. Also used methods of determination based on test strips, and refer to rapid diagnosis. This verification method can be convenient even at home.

This type of diagnosis allows you to get a result much faster. To do this, lower the strip for a few seconds into the previously collected urine. Within one minute, you can evaluate the results.

Short term protein boost

As soon as the baby is born, he has physiological proteinuria, since the baby's kidneys are of considerable size. The permeability of the glomerular epithelium is increased. Getting used to the new living conditions, his metabolism significantly increases, the functions of the systems and the organ begin to activate, and the functionality of the renal structures improves over time.

Often such a process can be observed during breastfeeding, through the measure, and kidney function is reduced. Protein fractions are not considered a pathological change in this case. After the newborn has eaten, his urine may be cloudy. In order to eliminate this, it is desirable to reduce the dose of milk that the baby consumes.

In addition, the presence of protein fractions in the urine of a baby, of a temporary nature, can be caused by reasons:

hypothermia;
Psychological disorders;
Increase in body temperature;
allergic reactions;
Dehydration;
burns;
Long course of medicines;
Reaction provoked by prolonged exposure to sunlight;
stressful situations.

Most often, the appearance of protein fractions occurs in children in infancy. After a few weeks, everything returns to normal and there is no trace of pathological changes. If the protein remains at a high level, this indicates significant disturbances in the body's systems. The causes of protein in the urine in an infant are:

Intrauterine infection;
Injury during childbirth;
Oxygen starvation during childbirth;
Malformations of the baby;
Infection in the maternity ward;
Infection with bacteria or fungi at home.

That is why it is important to monitor the condition of the child and take urine tests on time. It is important to remember that children who have relatives with previous pyelonephritis, inflammation of the glomerular structures of the kidneys, and the presence of calculi deserve special attention.

Increased protein in a child with diseases

If protein fractions are found in a urine test in a baby, this may be due to diseases:

Pathological renal changes - inflammation of the kidneys, tuberculosis of the kidneys, tumor neoplasms;
Injuries of the urinary organ;
Diabetes;
Myeloma disease;
Hemoblastoses;
Dehydration;
High blood pressure;
epileptic seizures;
Infectious diseases.

It is important to remember that proteins enter the urine from the blood, which means that their content in the bloodstream is significantly reduced. But proteins perform a huge number of very important functional tasks in an adult and especially a child's body, supporting its physiological capabilities.

With hypoproteinemia (low protein content in the blood), the following symptoms begin to appear:

Rapid fatigue - the newborn gets tired of sucking
state of drowsiness
Lack of appetite
Increase in body temperature
Nausea
Eruption of stomach contents
Changing the color of urine - it can turn red or brown.

In the presence of symptoms, it is important to contact a specialist as soon as possible.

Doctors recommend that children regularly take tests to prevent various health problems. In addition, the examination is carried out after the illness and on the eve of vaccination. One of the main indicators of malaise is the presence of protein in the urine of a child. If it is found in an amount exceeding the norm, doctors talk about proteinuria, which is a sign of kidney damage.

Unfortunately, medical statistics state that diseases of the urinary system are inherent in people of any age - from infancy to old age. The frequency of childhood renal anomalies ranges from 5 to 11% of cases, depending on the specific age group. These rather serious indicators force parents and doctors to remain vigilant, because it depends on how timely changes in the body are detected, whether the disease will take a chronic form.

As a rule, from the moment of birth, all the organs of the baby work properly. Why do they begin to develop serious pathologies that cause various deviations from the norm? As for diseases of the kidneys and urinary system, science has not yet established the exact causes of their occurrence. Today, in medicine, they only talk about the factors that provoke certain problems, accompanied by a change in the concentration of protein in urine.

Reasons for the appearance of protein in the analysis of urine

The detection of proteinuria does not always indicate pathological processes in the baby's body. So, in newborns, the presence of protein in the urine is considered the norm. In infants, this may be a reaction to overfeeding. In addition, the following factors can cause the appearance of protein in the urine of a child:

Stress;
Allergy;
hypothermia;
Nervous breakdown;
Increase in body temperature;
Recently transferred infection (tonsillitis, staphylococcus aureus);
Dehydration;
Strong burn.

All of the above circumstances are not a reason for panic, although they cause an increase in protein in the urine of a child. In these cases, only a diet and leveling of provoking factors are necessary. After some time, the body recovers, and the analysis returns to normal.

However, there are a number of serious diseases of the kidneys and urinary system, in which the level of protein in urine is significantly outside the normal range. In this case, the doctor prescribes an additional examination in order to diagnose problems such as:

Malignant formations in the kidneys;
kidney injury;
Glomerulonephritis;
Thrombosis of renal vessels;
Amyloidosis of the kidneys;
congestive kidney;
Urolithiasis disease;
Interstitial nephritis;
Pyelonephritis, etc.

In addition, increased protein in the urine of a child is observed when:

hypertension;
Diabetes;
Blood diseases;
autoimmune pathologies.

I must say that not a single deviation from the norm in the body of a child is asymptomatic. Attentive parents will notice changes in the well-being of their child, and a timely visit to the doctor will allow diagnosing the onset of the disease.

Protein in the urine in children: symptoms

Characteristic signs of the presence of protein in the urine may be absent only when proteinuria is temporary. But if its concentration is increased over a long period of time, the following symptoms are observed:

Dizziness;
Increase in body temperature;
Fast fatiguability;
Loss of appetite;
Nausea and vomiting;
Drowsiness;
Pain in the bones;
Change in color of urine.

Having noticed similar signs in a child, it is necessary to contact a pediatrician who will prescribe an examination. Remember that it is possible to determine the presence or absence of protein in the urine only with the help of analysis, because the above symptoms may indicate diseases not associated with proteinuria.

The rate of protein in the urine of a child

If the baby is healthy, no traces of proteinuria are observed in the results of the urinalysis. However, a slight increase (up to 0.036 g / l) is also considered the norm of protein in the urine of a child, regardless of age. In this case, there is no reason for concern - most likely, this phenomenon is caused by physiological reasons. If the protein concentration reaches 1 g / l, doctors attribute this coefficient to a moderate increase. And only when the protein level goes beyond 3 g / l, we can talk about pronounced pathological changes in the child's body.

Nevertheless, with a moderate or pronounced increase in protein, the specialist does not talk about the final diagnosis, but recommends taking the test again. Only after the repeated detection of proteinuria is a comprehensive examination and then treatment prescribed.

Protein in the urine of a child: treatment

As soon as the main causes of proteinuria are identified, it is necessary to immediately begin therapy, which depends on the underlying disease and the stage of its development. So, in diseases of the urinary system, a small patient is prescribed antibiotics along with anti-inflammatory and uroseptic drugs. If the increased protein in the urine of a child is the result of hypertension, the doctor recommends antihypertensive drugs, and in the case of diabetes, the baby is prescribed insulin therapy and a mandatory diet. 4.6 out of 5 (57 votes)

There are usually no signs that protein has appeared in the urine. Sometimes the presence of protein can be indicated by the property of urine - it begins to foam. A urinalysis is the only way to detect protein in a child's urine.

Treatment of protein in the urine of a child

The functional appearance of protein in the urine of a child, as a result of an illness or a nervous breakdown, does not require special treatment, and after a while the level of protein in the urine disappears on its own. In some cases, the doctor may recommend drinking special decoctions that help remove fluid from the body (rose hips, lingonberry leaves, etc.), limit or completely eliminate salt intake, and prescribe a course of special drugs.

If the protein in the urine of a child exceeds the maximum allowable values, then the doctor may refer you for a second examination, since the increase in protein may be temporary, and non-sterile dishes may also cause an unreliable analysis. Together with a urinalysis, the doctor may prescribe a number of additional studies that will help diagnose the underlying disease, which led to an increase in protein in the urine - a general and biochemical blood test, a Nechiporenko urinalysis, ultrasound of the kidneys, etc.

Protein in the urine of a child is not an independent disease, it is only a symptom, and first of all, it is necessary to determine the reason why the protein level has increased and only then prescribe treatment. With effective treatment of the underlying disease, the level of protein in the urine will gradually decrease and eventually the indicators will return to normal.

Prevention of protein in the urine of a child

Children can have many kidney diseases. The body of babies is quite difficult to cope with impaired kidney function, so it is better not to allow such conditions in children.

Particular attention to the health of children should be paid to those parents who have kidney problems. In this case, it is necessary to monitor the child's condition (transparency, urine color, frequency of urination, etc.), regularly conduct medical examinations, and if necessary, take tests to control the protein in the child's urine.

It is also necessary to strengthen the baby's immunity, monitor nutrition (give more fruits, reduce salt intake). Usually, kidney disease in children develops as a result of improper treatment of SARS or influenza, so it is important to complete the treatment to prevent severe complications of a cold. After recovery, it is important to observe the rehabilitation period: if necessary, give a course of vitamins, prevent hypothermia, limit the child's stay in public places.

The kidneys of children react sharply to high temperature, therefore, during an illness that is accompanied by an increase in temperature, it is necessary to give the child more fluid for the normal functioning of the kidneys and the removal of toxins from the body. During this period, it is better to give the baby special decoctions (rose hips, parsley root, etc.).

Incorrect or untimely treatment of the inflammatory process in the bladder can cause kidney disease. It is extremely important to cure cystitis in time so as not to provoke complications in other internal organs. If the child has complaints of pain in the lower abdomen or in the genitals, it is necessary to consult a specialist and pass the necessary tests.

To prevent kidney disease, it is necessary to monitor the child's nutrition: do not oversalt dishes, do not use a lot of spices. Also, do not give your child a lot of fatty foods. Malfunctions of the kidneys can occur due to the regular use of fast food. It is important to give the baby enough fluids (compote, plain water). Carbonated drinks adversely affect the work of not only the kidneys, but also other organs of the digestive system.

Quite often, small children, carried away by the game, do not go to the toilet for a long time. Stagnation of urine is bad for the kidneys, so you need to regularly remind the child to go to the toilet. On a walk, the child's feet should always be dry and warm.

The prognosis of protein in the urine of a child

The body of young children does not have high adaptive capabilities, especially in certain age periods (up to three years, in adolescence), when the risk of developing kidney disease increases, especially if there is a hereditary predisposition.

If the protein in the urine of a child is a functional disorder, then the prognosis is favorable. After the cause is eliminated (infection, physical stress, nervous breakdown), the protein in the urine disappears. Orthostatic protein elevation (during daytime activity, standing upright), which is most common in adolescents and does not require special treatment, also has a good prognosis. In other cases, the prognosis depends on the underlying disease and the severity of the course of the disease.

Anti-inflammatory therapy allows in 95% of cases to completely get rid of the disease within 1 - 1.5 months. Kidney function is fully restored within a year after recovery.

Protein in the urine of a child indicates certain disorders in the functioning of the kidneys, so it is important to establish the cause of the increase in protein in time and begin treatment. In addition, it is necessary to control the nutrition of the baby, exclude salty, fatty foods, as well as fast food from the diet.