In many countries there is a significant increase in the number of children suffering from urolithiasis . In some hospitals in the United States the number of such young patients over the past 10 years has increased many times over. Often the disease is accompanied by painful cramps and requires surgery or ultrasonic lithotripsy.
It is known that from kidney stones Usually affects people over forty. Stones are formed by those whose urine contains a large amount of crystal-forming substances, such as calcium, uric acid and oxalate. In many cases, kidney stones are washed out using any liquid, but sometimes their passage cause acute episodes of pain called renal colic. Especially hard it is necessary for patients who have a stone stuck in the ureter and comes out in the urine.
Scientists can not explain the strange phenomenon - why this disease has become more common in children. Thus, in one study are startling figures: the number of children suffering urolithiasis , From 1996 to 2007 in North Carolina has quadrupled.
While talking about this phenomenon as a trend is too early, because the statistical information is not enough, existing figures should alert specialists. In 1999, 42 pediatric hospitals in the United States was treated 125 children urolithiasis . In 2008 the figure was already 1389 - an increase of more than 10 times! In 1999 stones in the kidneys found in 18 out of every 100,000 children, and today it is 57.
In other countries, there is a similar situation. Only in Japan, the number of children with urolithiasis , From 1965 to 2005 were not statistically different. Probably, formation of stones affect large-scale offensive on the children's stomachs harmful fast food and so-called "junk" food, such as chips, cakes and soda. Perhaps this is due to the fact that the current generation of children are more overweight and is far less sedentary lives than their peers of 15-20 years ago.
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