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UTI in 5 months old baby boy
Helo doc recently my 5 months old baby boy got UTI.. hez still on antibiotics course.. my concern is why he got this urine infection?? What could be the reasons??
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Reasons can be multiple, most common being ill hygienic practises, prolonged diaper use
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Dr. Vinit M Mehta
Pediatrician
8 yrs exp
Vadodara
Urinary tract anomalies can be there.
Blood stream infection also common at this age
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Dr. Bhatt Vivek Prafulchandra
Pediatrician
5 yrs exp
Rajkot
Do USG abdomen pelvis once
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Dr. Shruti Eshan Dabhade
Pediatrician
11 yrs exp
Gandhinagar
There are 2 reasons
1) hygiene- change of diapers , cleaning after passing stools are important and should be done maintaining sterility.
2) whenever a baby less than 1 year gets UTI we always do a USG abdomen, followed by a DMSA scan 3 months later to rule out common structural abnormalities of the urinary tract mostly PU (perurethral) valve which is seen in this age group.
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Be sure to get a USG abdomen and DMSA scan done as mentioned above.
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