Nephritis in children, which also can be called Pediatric Nephritis in clinic, usually refers to the glomerulonephritis. It is more common in children with age from six to nine and is a kind of diffuse and non-purulent disease showing in bilateral kidneys.
In terms of Nephritis in children, sufferers usually have infection such as acute amygdalitis and skin pustule one to four weeks before the occurrence of this disease. In the very beginning of Nephritis, children may have low fever, dizziness, vomit and anorexia. These symptoms have nothing different from the general fever or infection, so they are easy to be ignored. Besides, swelling (edema) and reduced urine are the two characteristics of Nephritis in children, so if your child or some children you know have these symptoms, then timely examination should be given. Usually, swelling starts from the eyelids and then the whole body. With the appearance of swelling, urine volume decreases seriously. Furthermore, some children may have no urine at all. These conditions, say swelling and reduced urine, usually last for one to two weeks and later, swelling remits and urine volume increases. Besides, among children suffering from Nephritis, only a small part of them have gross hematuria, which makes their urine appear to be brown, tea-colored or red.
