| Only the doctor can tell for sure whether | | | | |
| such infection is present in your child. | | | | The kidneys represent a filter for the water |
| | | | and the wastes from the blood and they |
| To determine this, an urine sample of your | | | | eliminate in an adult 1, 5 to 2 quarts of |
| child will be used for tests. This sample is | | | | urine every day. Then, the urine is sent |
| taken in case of very small children through | | | | through the urethras and collected by the |
| a plastic collection bag or, in case of older | | | | bladder. In children, the bladder can keep 1, |
| children - by means of a container. | | | | 5 ounces of urine every year. When the urine |
| Sometimes, a small tube introduced inside the | | | | exists in the bladder, it enters the urethra, |
| urethra to grant a more sterile mean to | | | | which opens in front of the vagina in girls |
| collect urine, and, other times, the most | | | | and in the end of the penis in boys. |
| appropriate is a needle that is introduced | | | | |
| into the bladder to ensure the purity of | | | | Bacteria is normally absent from the urine. |
| urine. | | | | Their presence indicates and produces urinary |
| | | | tract infections. They enter the urinary |
| During the microscopic exam, bacteria or pus | | | | tract through the urethra, inflaming and |
| will be certainly identified in urine, or, in | | | | inflecting the bladder and producing |
| case they are difficult to see a liquid that | | | | cystitis. |
| helps multiplication of any kind of germs | | | | |
| will make hem grow, enabling the doctor to | | | | Sometimes, the infections get to the kidneys, |
| determine the specie. | | | | producing fever and pain, and are much more |
| | | | severe than these that only touch the |
| The sample should be cultivated immediately | | | | bladder. |
| after its collection, or refrigerated, to | | | | |
| prevent the apparition of inaccuracies. | | | | There are children more predisposed to such |
| | | | infections because of abnormalities of the |
| What is the normal function of the urinary | | | | urinary tract. A series of tests may provide |
| tract? | | | | information and solutions. |