Can children get urinary tract infections, and what are the risks involved?
Well, definitely, children are at risk for urinary tract infections, but primarily in children who have defects of the urinary system – and they’re born with that. The primary risk is a situation called Vesico-Ureteral Reflux and what that condition consists of is urine from the bladder abnormally flushes back into the ureter and even up in towards the kidney in some severe instances that allows bacteria that are introduced into the bladder – instead of being washed out like it normally would. It allows that bacteria to ascend up into the kidney and can cause a urinary tract infection as serious as pyonephritis.
