Patient's question:
Yesterday I went to the hospital for a check-up. The child was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection. Is it serious because the child is young? How should it be treated?Doctor's answer:
Young babies need to wear diapers frequently, as they cannot control urination or defecation, and the urethral opening is often contaminated with feces. Girls, in particular, have shorter urethral openings, and boys have foreskin, coupled with weaker urinary tract immune function and bladder defense mechanisms, making them more prone to upper urinary tract infections. For further diagnosis, it is necessary to take the child to the hospital for urine tests and midstream urine culture, among other examinations. If the child experiences recurrent urinary tract infections despite proper treatment, the mother should be vigilant about whether the child has congenital abnormalities of the kidneys, ureters, or bladder.