Is Hematuria in Children a Sign of Kidney Disease

If the hematuria in children is accompanied with deafness, problem in eyes or deformity in other parts of the body, you can suspect a deformity in the kidneys.
Acute and Chronic Glomerular Nephritis can lead to hematuria accompanied by less urine, edema in the face, high blood pressure and pain in the waist in children.
If the children have caught infection in the urine tract or the bladder, apart from hematuria, they may feel like falling bulge in the hypogastrium and always think there is urine need to be excreted out.
A stone in the urinary tract can be the reason of a difficulty in urinating or pain urination, mean while, hematuria can also be found.
 Hemorrhagic diseases should be alert if bleeding can be found in the skin, nose and teeth of the children besides hematuria. This is because Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Aplastic Anemia, Acute Leukemia and Hemophilia are symbolized by bleeding in these parts.
If the hematuria appears with some other symptoms such as fever, general malaise and dropping spirit in the children, you can consider about the possibility of other infectious disease.
 A hereditary Nephritis can be a consequence of the gene if the children are in a family with history of kidney disease.

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