OT - Kidney Reflux

[Guest guest]

Does anyone have any experience with their child having kidney

reflux? My daughter has been diagnosed with this. The doctor is

not recomending surgery at this time but she is supposed to go on a

low grade antibiotic for the next year. My husband and I are a

little concerned with this. Not only for the potential side effects

that are listed on the antibiotic (some which are pretty bad) but

the potential for her in building up a resistance to antibiotics

from such long term use. The antibiotic does not actually treat the

condition it just prevents UTIs which can result from the

condition. My husband thinks that we could just start her regularly

drinking cranberry juice, but I am not sure under the circumstances

if that will help prevent infections. Anyone have any

thoughts/knowledge on this?

 

Rachael

[Guest guest]

My daughter who is now 6 1/2 was diagnosed with this when she was two. We took

her to a pediatric urologist. At that time they took a wait and see approach,

saying she could need surgery or she could outgrow it. As it turned out by the

time she was about 4 1/2 she had outgrown it. I know a few kids that have this,

so it's fairly common. We gave our daughter the antibiotic and she had no side

effects. The way we found out that Lexi had kidney reflux is she was taken by

ambulance to the hospital with a fever over 105, and barely breathing. As it

turned out she had kidney reflux and reactive airway disease. She outgrew both.

I gave her the antibiotic because I didn't want to risk kidney damage or another

episode of a fever above 105. She had a cold and her temp was around 102.

Within a half hour she could barely breath and the temp just shot up......I'm

amazed to this day how quickly it all happened. Then in the ER they were going

to send her home after they got the fever

down, and I said no way. Something is wrong and her fever is going to go back

up this evening. Sure enough we were still in the ER and I told my husband to

get the nurse quick that she was burning up again. Sure enough it had shot up

again within a matter of minutes. Then they admitted her and did a whole

batttery of tests. Basically her system was going toxic from the kidney reflux

and the reactive airway presented a host of other problems. She was there for

three days. I totally understand your fear of becoming anti-biotic

resistant....I worry about that all the time. Especially when I keep seeing

these reports on T.V. of people not responding to any antibiotic and they die.

So I know it's a tough decision. If you have not already I would take your

daughter to a specialist. Did your doctor tell you how bad the kidney reflux

was? I think they have a 1-5 rating scale as of severity. Lexi was somewhere

in the middle. Also how old is your daughter? We chose partly to

give Lexi the antibiotic also because of her age. She was right in those

toddler years where they don't wipe so well and the risk for infection was high.

 

Kelly

 

smartgirl27us <thesmartfamily3 wrote:

 

 

Does anyone have any experience with their child having kidney

reflux? My daughter has been diagnosed with this. The doctor is

not recomending surgery at this time but she is supposed to go on a

low grade antibiotic for the next year. My husband and I are a

little concerned with this. Not only for the potential side effects

that are listed on the antibiotic (some which are pretty bad) but

the potential for her in building up a resistance to antibiotics

from such long term use. The antibiotic does not actually treat the

condition it just prevents UTIs which can result from the

condition. My husband thinks that we could just start her regularly

drinking cranberry juice, but I am not sure under the circumstances

if that will help prevent infections. Anyone have any

thoughts/knowledge on this?

 

Rachael

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

I have a problem with my bladder because it does't drain completely due post

partum complications after my daughter (swelling caused me not to be about

to urinate & the nurses ignored it until when they finally catheterized me

they drained 1.8 liters (quarts) of fluid, and so on and so on...).

 

I find that if I drink a glass of cranberry juice everyday I won't get an

infection. If I skip a day or two... whammo! I also find that garlic and

acidophilous/bifidus help with avoiding bladder problems. I'm not sure when

it comes to the kidney though. If I were going to not use the antibiotics I

would want to take frequent urine samples for testing at the lab. You don't

want to cause any long term damage.

 

Jacqueline

 

 

smartgirl27us [thesmartfamily3]

February 15, 2005 1:43 PM

 

OT - Kidney Reflux

 

 

 

 

Does anyone have any experience with their child having kidney

reflux? My daughter has been diagnosed with this. The doctor is

not recomending surgery at this time but she is supposed to go on a

low grade antibiotic for the next year. My husband and I are a

little concerned with this. Not only for the potential side effects

that are listed on the antibiotic (some which are pretty bad) but

the potential for her in building up a resistance to antibiotics

from such long term use. The antibiotic does not actually treat the

condition it just prevents UTIs which can result from the

condition. My husband thinks that we could just start her regularly

drinking cranberry juice, but I am not sure under the circumstances

if that will help prevent infections. Anyone have any

thoughts/knowledge on this?

 

Rachael

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families go to

http://www.vrg.org/family.This is a discussion list and is not intended to

provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a

qualified health professional.

 

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professional.

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I don't know what kidney reflux is but when I was pregnant with my second

child, the doctor said I had UTI and prescribed antibiotics which I refused

to take for my unborn child's sake. I drank pure, not from concentrate,

organic cranberry juice every day and when my urine was tested again, the

results were negative for UTI.

 

 

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" smartgirl27us " <thesmartfamily3

 

Tuesday, February 15, 2005 12:43 PM

OT - Kidney Reflux

 

 

>

>

>

> Does anyone have any experience with their child having kidney

> reflux? My daughter has been diagnosed with this. The doctor is

> not recomending surgery at this time but she is supposed to go on a

> low grade antibiotic for the next year. My husband and I are a

> little concerned with this. Not only for the potential side effects

> that are listed on the antibiotic (some which are pretty bad) but

> the potential for her in building up a resistance to antibiotics

> from such long term use. The antibiotic does not actually treat the

> condition it just prevents UTIs which can result from the

> condition. My husband thinks that we could just start her regularly

> drinking cranberry juice, but I am not sure under the circumstances

> if that will help prevent infections. Anyone have any

> thoughts/knowledge on this?

>

> Rachael

>

>

>

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http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families go to

http://www.vrg.org/family.This is a discussion list and is not intended to

provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a

qualified health professional.

>

> edical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health

professional.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

We actually found out about my daughter having it because she has

had recurrent UTIs and they decided to test for it. She will be 4

in March. She has level 3 reflux. The doctor said if it is still

level 3 in a year than they will do surgery. We also found out that

it is hereditary and they recomended that we have our one year old

son tested as well.

 

, Kelly Weyd <kellmar98> wrote:

>Did your doctor tell you how bad the kidney reflux was? I think

they have a 1-5 rating scale as of severity. Lexi was somewhere in

the middle. Also how old is your daughter? We chose partly to

> give Lexi the antibiotic also because of her age. She was right

in those toddler years where they don't wipe so well and the risk

for infection was high.

[Guest guest]

I didn't know it was hereditary. Of course my girls are adopted and I know very

little about the birth parents medical history. If I remember correctly I think

Lexi was also a level 3.

 

Good luck with the decision regarding the antibiotic. If you have any other

questions ask away.

 

Kelly

 

smartgirl27us <thesmartfamily3 wrote:

 

 

We actually found out about my daughter having it because she has

had recurrent UTIs and they decided to test for it. She will be 4

in March. She has level 3 reflux. The doctor said if it is still

level 3 in a year than they will do surgery. We also found out that

it is hereditary and they recomended that we have our one year old

son tested as well.

 

, Kelly Weyd <kellmar98> wrote:

>Did your doctor tell you how bad the kidney reflux was? I think

they have a 1-5 rating scale as of severity. Lexi was somewhere in

the middle. Also how old is your daughter? We chose partly to

> give Lexi the antibiotic also because of her age. She was right

in those toddler years where they don't wipe so well and the risk

for infection was high.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families go to

http://www.vrg.org/family.This is a discussion list and is not intended to

provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a

qualified health professional.

 

edical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health

professional.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi. I am 28 and had reflux when I was a child. I think they found out when I was

about 4 or 5 years old. I was taking medication up until I was about 11 years

old! I had constant UTI's as a child. I can remember going in and getting X

ray's done, catheters put in, and having all types of tests done to me.

Regardless of all this, I still was gettting the UTI's. They said that if by the

time I was going to start menstruating, if I hadn't " grown out of it " , then they

would do surgery.

 

But, all of a sudden when I was almost 11 or so, it stopped happening and they

said that I grew out of it. From then on, I wasn't on medication or anything,

but would still experience UTI's. I always felt them coming on and would rush

out and drink tons of Cranberry juice and water and try to stop them from fully

developing. Now, as an adult, I still get UTI's, but take this UTI pill when I

feel one coming on and I am just constantly trying to stay hydrated.

 

My point is:

 

I believe that if you daughter gets on the antibiotics, she will still have

UTI's anyway................so, may as well try natural methods instead.

 

 

 

smartgirl27us <thesmartfamily3 wrote:

 

 

Does anyone have any experience with their child having kidney

reflux? My daughter has been diagnosed with this. The doctor is

not recomending surgery at this time but she is supposed to go on a

low grade antibiotic for the next year. My husband and I are a

little concerned with this. Not only for the potential side effects

that are listed on the antibiotic (some which are pretty bad) but

the potential for her in building up a resistance to antibiotics

from such long term use. The antibiotic does not actually treat the

condition it just prevents UTIs which can result from the

condition. My husband thinks that we could just start her regularly

drinking cranberry juice, but I am not sure under the circumstances

if that will help prevent infections. Anyone have any

thoughts/knowledge on this?

 

Rachael

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG website at

http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families go to

http://www.vrg.org/family.This is a discussion list and is not intended to

provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a

qualified health professional.

 

edical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health

professional.