The blockage of the kidney basin is a blockage in the connection of the kidney basin to the ureter, which leads to enlargement in the area of the kidney basin and atrophy in the kidney tissue, which leads to reduce its efficiency, but mostly affects one kidney
The causes of blockage of the kidney basin:
1- The cause of the obstruction is due to the lack of growth in the nerves responsible for the diastole and contraction of the ureter in this region
2- Pressure on the location of the confluence of the ureter and the renal pelvis through blood vessels
Symptoms of a blocked kidney basin:
It is most often detected by sound waves during pregnancy or is diagnosed after birth when some of these symptoms occur:
Swelling in one side of the abdomen
Urinary bleeding
Urinary tract infections
🔸 kidney stones
Stomach cramps
What is the treatment for kidney blockage?
First: The child takes antibiotics to prevent recurrent infections
Second: In the event of a significantly enlarged kidney, surgical intervention to beautify the kidney basin to expand the place of distress and the operation can be performed through a laparoscope and follow-up to the patient after the operation to follow up the efficiency of the kidney
Third: There are cases that can improve with follow-up only