What is the blockage of the kidney basin in children and what are the causes, symptoms and methods of treatment

  • 2019-09-05

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

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