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Possible Uti in a 3 Year Old
My daughter did have to have the VCUG where they insert a catheter to put water into her bladder to take pictures. This was to check for the reflux ...
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- Almost all health food stores and most regular groceries have chewable cranberry tabs. Go get a bottle and let her take one or two today to help with the pain.
- My daughter had several UTI's at about that age. She was treated with a course of antibiotics, but because she was so young her Dr. had us go to Cook's for a procedur...
- Dear D. S, The bad news is, yes, it is entirely possible your daughter has a UTI. My granddaughter did when she was three. The good news is that young children ge...
Advice on Eating for a Slow Weight Gain of 6 Month Old
The test they do to confirm urinary reflux is called a VCUG. I wish you luck! E. 1 mom found this helpful. Helpful? Yes | No Save This Remove This Report ...
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- My daughter was 6 pounds at birth - wasn't interested in eating much then (went down to 5 pounds 10 ounces) and still isn't much of an eater...she is 3 and weighs abou...
- I WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT IT TOO MUCH AT ALL, UNLESS HER DOCTOR SEE'S SOMETHING WRONG. MY DAUGHTER WAS BORN AT 7lbs 5oz AND DROPPED TO 6LBS AS WELL. SHE WASN'T A BIG EATE...
- Hi M., I'm your extreme and I don't want to alarm you as I'm probably the exception to the normal where kids just grow at their pace. My doctor always said: "babie...
My 13 Month with a Bladder Infection
If the infection occures a second time, a VCUG is ordered to see if the urine is backing up into her kidneys ( also to rule out any kidney abnormalties). ...
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- I myself have suffered with these things my whole life! I actually remember having one as little as 2 years old. My mom says i might've even been younger. Here is th...
- Hi K., My name is M.. I have been a pediatric nurse for a busy practice for several years. Babies should not get bladder infections. If a little girl in our practice g...
- My daughter had many bladder infections between 18 monthes and 3 years old. We saw a urologist and had all the tests done. There was one test they did that showed her...
UTI, High Fever, Not Eating or Drinking...etc..
... grew out of the reflux (which involved getting the VCUG test every year), ... started when i was an infant and could explain that it hurt when i peed. ...
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- Hi, I just read in the paper this morning that studies are finding that toddlers are not getting enough water and too much salt resulting in kidney stones. now I don...
- Call your pediatrician, I think this warrants a re-check. It could move into a kidney infection, which is more serious.
- I haven't ever gone through this but my guess is the medicine is not working or it's not treating the real problem. I've never heard of someone not willing to eat due...
Urinary Infections
My daughter has had the VCUG and Renal ultrasounds to find the problems. Good luck!! Helpful? Yes | No Save This Remove This Report This Share ...
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- There may be something in alternative medicine that could help. Often western medicine is not able to do more than soothe or treat an infection - and it cannot get at ...
- I don't know about the scoliosis connection, but I would highly recommend a pro-biotic to her. My daughter is on an anti-biotic right now for Strep throat and I have ...
- I am an herbalist and I can sugest a herbal program with supplements I offer on my website that will clear a urinary tract infection and Probiotic 11 to re-establish g...
UTI In Toddler Boy?
And for Heather who mentioned the test, it's called a VCUG. My daughter had that test 5 or 6 times... Helpful? Yes | No Save This Remove This Report This ...
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- Trust me, they can be very painful! It's a simple test at the dr.'s office, they'll just take a urine sample (so pump him with fluids so he can 'go' while you're there...
- As a person who used to get them at least once a year I can say that they don't necessarily burn. It could be a mild one and the only symptom I had sometimes was the u...
- By all means have him checked by your Dr. Boys can have UTI's but have trouble explaining how it feels. Even if it isn't a UTI it is safer to check and know for su...
Anyone Else Have a Child with Kidney Reflux?
By Car · Infant Travel Advice · Pregnancy and Travel · Traveling by Car · Traveling by Plane · Whole Family · With Girlfriends · Without Kids ...
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- what in the world is kidney reflux? what are the symptoms?? i can only imagine what those poor babies that have it are put through! let me know! thanks, and best wis...
- Hey J. Yes I know exactly what your going through My oldest daughter who is 6 has had it since just over a year old and still has a grade 1 in her left kidney? I thin...
- My suggestion is to make a list of the signs and symptoms of the problem with the reflux, like back pain, irritability, fever, an abnormal odor to her urine, frequency...
Toddler Having pH Probe Test
By Car · Infant Travel Advice · Pregnancy and Travel · Traveling by Car .... Need Advice on Whether to Have 5 Year Old Sedated for a VCUG ...
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- My son had a probe done when he was around 6 months. They did not sedate him or even give him anything to help him relax. To be honest with you, he screamed and crie...
- My son had it a few years ago, after they get the tube in it is not that bad and it stays in overnight, he had his at childrens.
- Hi D.! I'm so sorry, reflux sucks doesn't it?! My son is now 19 mos. and has been absolutely struggling with reflux every single day since he was 6 weeks old. He ha...
6 Month Old in Negative 3% for Weight
sonogram (sono of the kidneys) and a VCUG. The VCUG is a test to see if urine is ..... I have a daycare and I have a infant the same age and she eats like ...
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- I had twins a little premature. I had to go in for weight checks every week the first 5 weeks of their lives. Each time, they lost weight. Finally as their mother, ...
- Find a new pediatrician. From birth to 6 months my oldest daughter was never higher than the 5th percentile. From 6 months through 3 years, she dropped off into the ...
- Hi K.! I have a little boy that is about to be one. He has always been below 3% in weight and lower in the other categories as well. He is small...but so were my hu...
VCUG (Voiding Cystourethrogram)
Asked by M.W. from Cleveland
on December 5, 2007
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My daughter has had two UTI's, the first in Sept and now another one. I had to schedule her for a VCUG and I have been reading online about it and wonder if anyone kno...
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- Oh my! I took my stepdaughter for her 1st one when she was 5, it was not good! I don't mean to scare you , and it could just be how she reacted, but it was awful! F...
- Hi. My daughter had a UTI when she was six weeks old, and they did a VCUG and found she had vesicoureteral reflux, which is where the urine backtracks up to the kidne...
- Hello... The procedure itself is painless. However, getting a three year old to relax for the catheter is another story. That can hurt if a patient tenses up. I have...
