Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) is a condition where urine moves backward out of the bladder and into one or both of the ureters, which are the tubes that connect your bladder to your kidneys.

Have you ever heard of vesico-ureteral reflux (VUR)? This is a problem that I have be seeing lately which occurs in the urinary tract. In the normal scenario urine is produced in the kidneys and ...

Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) is a congenital condition most common in infants and young children. The urine flows backward from the bladder to one or both ureters and sometimes to the kidneys.

Kidney damage associated with chronic reflux is the fourth leading cause of chronic kidney disease and is the most common cause of severe hypertension in children. Doctors and researchers have ...

Children with grade 2 VUR have reflux that reaches their kidneys, but there’s no swelling in the urine-collecting system inside their kidneys. Both grade 1 and grade 2 VUR are often referred to ...

Some children are born with a kidney disease and others develop it when still very young. Top, ... Posterior Urethral valves and Vesico-Ureteral reflux can be detected when the child is in the womb.

For children in between 1-5 yr of age, ultrasonography of the kidneys and DMSA scan are done and if abnormality in any of them is detected then micturiting cystourethrography test is done .In ...

GFR changes following urinary tract infection (UTI) in children with vesicoureteral reflux (VUR). Presented at ASN’s Kidney Week, October 24-27, 2024, San Diego, California. Abstract TH-PO1197.

MONDAY, Oct. 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- For children with vesicoureteral reflux, recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) are associated with a decrease in estimated glomerular filtration rate ...

Children who have a disorder that prevents bladder emptying need a way to keep their bladder from being constantly full, getting infected, or damaging their kidneys as the result of backflow (reflux).

Yet, infants and children also can experience that burning sensation in the chest. According to some estimates, about 2% of children ages 3 to 9, and 5% of children ages 10 to 17, have heartburn ...