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Uti in child
My child 1 year old was having fever since last Saturday with runny nose and it went upto 103 our doctor was out of town so we consulted him on phone and we suspected it to be viral but 6 hourly fever continued tI'll wed on Saturday morning he advised a urine test and it had high puss cells around 22 and another spike of 103 he asked us to get admitted for observation there also the course was same we were giving same medicines meftal p on fever getting increased from 101 and ifor more than 100 crocin suspension also an oral antibiotic added which was given oraĺly and discharged after 2 days of observation my query is was there a need to get admitted
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Yes. Continue iv antibiotics till urine c/s reports come. Do usg. If ureteric dilatation is present in usg then mcu should be done to rule out vesico ureteric reflux. Reflux is coomon cause of uti in children.
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UTI should not be taken lightly in young kids.. it can have bad long term effects on Kidney too.
It should be properly investigated and treated.. IF oral medications are not working , in some cases we might need to admit the child and give intravenous antibiotics.
Even after your child becomes normal, do not stop the course of medication midway; give complete course that may last 10-14 days, if urine culture is positive.
After that also, your doctor might ask to get, USG abdomen and MCU or DMSA scan to be done (if need arise)..
You can take opinion from Pediatric Nephrologist too; it will help.
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You can take opinion from Pediatric Nephrologist too; it will help.
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What to say about hospitalisation ,you should have given injectable antibiotic rather than oral as it's UTI urinary tract infection with high fever,hope urine culture has been sent. Oral antibiotics can be given at home, usually golden opportunity for IV injection missed. For the movement please focus on your child's illness treat it properly with antibiotic,do urine culture if not done. On oral antibiotics child should respond otherwise may need IV antibiotics
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