Urinary reflux in babies

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My baby girl (7 months) was diagnosed with an enlarged left kidney in utero

Since birth she has had two scans which sugest she may have urinary reflux.

I am worried although I know it is common. I am angry because the paediatrician thought she was on preventative antibiotics and she isn't although she hasn't had any obvious signs of urinary tract infection.

Has anyone else had experience of this?

Hi, went through this with my son as a baby. He had a big urine infec at 5 weeks which made him incredibly poorly and hospitalised for 5 days. They thought urinary reflux, had the tests but it wasn't this. He was on trimethoprim for a year though and had lots of ultrasounds n a dye scan to check for scarring on kidneys. It all sounds scary but they grow out of it and the meds is mainly to keep infections away hence to prevent scarring to kidneys. The fact your dd has no infections to date is great news, what scans has she had? They did one on ds where they filled his bladder to make him wee and then watched on screen what happened when he weed. X

She has only had ultrasound scans so far but I think they are going to do the xray with the dye. I am just worried she hasn't been on antibiotics and she might get an infection

sorry your boy was poorly at 5 weeks. You must have been worried sick

Take heart that she hasn't had urine infec, you would def know if she did. It is stressful waiting for all the appointments that's what I hated and having it hanging over us. The older they get the harder it is with the scans as you have to physically hold them down. My ds had a massive phobia of drs and surgeries by the time he was 18 months but it passed. Go with the trimethoprim if they've offered it as this will keep the infecs from coming and hopefully she doesn't have reflux. Big hugs I know what it's like but they just keep an eye on it. X