My child's urine is refluxing up to his/her kidneys. What does this mean?
Urinary tract infection is not an expected situation in a normal healthy, cleanly cared child. For this reason, we, physicians, especially if there is a child with a febrile urinary tract infection, evaluate by ultrasonography, and if an unexpected result is obtained, we go further and try to reveal the underlying cause. The underlying cause may be the upward flow of urine in the bladder. This reflux may occur during urinary tract infection,...
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