In my 8-year-old, during the ultrasound of the abdominal cavity, it was found that one kidney is 1 cm smaller than the other, which was not the case before (comparison of previous ultrasound). In addition, for some time my son has a very pungent smell of urine, he releases during the day and often does not hold urine at night, there were also one-day infections with temperature. Should these symptoms be associated with any kidney disease? Basic urine and blood tests show no change.
Kidney ultrasound examination is a subjective examination, and the measurement of the kidney length depends on capturing its largest cross-sectional dimension, and therefore there may be some slight differences in the given length of the kidney or kidneys. The son's ailments may, however, be related to improper fluid intake during the period when he is at school, urine retention and incorrect posture when urinating, without lowering his pants and underwear below the scrotum, but only by their deviation.
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Lidia Skobejko-WłodarskaSpecialist in pediatric urology and surgery. She obtained the title of European specialist in pediatric urology - fellow of the European Academy for Pediatric Urology (FEAPU). For many years he has been dealing with the treatment of bladder and urethral dysfunction, especially neurogenic vesico-urethral dysfunction (neurogenic bladder) in children, adolescents and young adults, using for this purpose not only pharmacological and conservative but also surgical methods. She was the first in Poland to start large-scale urodynamic tests, allowing to determine the function of the bladder in children. He is the author of many works on bladder dysfunction and urinary incontinence.
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