When babies cannot speak yet, parents can only judge their child's health status based on their usual behavior such as diet, excretion, and activity. No matter how much or how little children eat, or how much or how little they line up, parents will be very worried. In fact, even if a child grows up, these are still evidence for judging their physical condition. So what's going on when the baby's urine output decreases?
What is the reason for the decrease in baby urine output
The so-called oliguria refers to the daily urine output of school-age children being less than 400 milliliters, preschool children being less than 300 milliliters, and infants and young children being less than 200 milliliters. If there is no urine, the daily urine output is less than 30-50 milliliters. If the baby's urine output suddenly decreases compared to usual, the first consideration should be whether the baby is not drinking enough water or the weather is too hot. After replenishing water for the baby, observe if there is any improvement. Excluding the possibility of insufficient drinking water, if the baby also has symptoms of excessive sweating, it may be due to a disease and further examination is needed at the hospital.
What is pathological urine output
Pathological decrease in urine output can be seen in severe diarrhea and severe vomiting, as well as when the baby experiences dehydration; The most common cause is kidney disease, such as urethral stricture and obstruction in children, acute nephritis, acute exacerbation of chronic nephritis, renal failure caused by various chronic kidney diseases, and acute renal failure. If anuria occurs, it indicates severe damage to kidney function. Therefore, when the baby's urine output decreases and the cause cannot be found, it is necessary to take the child to the hospital for medical treatment in a timely manner to avoid delaying the condition.
Careful parents can always infer their child's health condition from various manifestations of their baby's life. Due to the fact that babies are often not good at expressing their discomfort, parents can learn as much as possible about their baby's health condition by observing and asking questions in order to prevent the condition from worsening due to delayed detection.
