children s health issues
Overview of Kidney and Urinary Tract Birth Defects
Diagnosis of Kidney and Urinary Tract Birth Defects
Before birth, prenatal ultrasonography and blood tests After birth, imaging tests and sometimes cystoscopy urinary tract defects are often discovered by doctors during routine Ultrasonography or other routine screening tests for hereditary disorders. if doctors suspect a child has a urinary defect, they typically do imaging tests such as Ultrasonography , To diagnose certain defects of the urinary tract, doctors sometimes do a test called voiding Cystography and cystourethrography (VCUG). For voiding cystourethrography, a catheter is passed through the urethra into the bladder, a liquid that shows up on x-rays ( As children grow, these tests may be repeated at scheduled intervals to assess how the bladder, ureters, urethra, and kidneys are developing or functioning and to assess if the child has outgrown the defect. 