Melissa Flores

Seriousness of Bladder Infections on Infants
I. Introduction A. (Attention Getter) UTI (unary tract infection) is the most common serious bacterial infection in childhood, in which is bacteria that travels up to the urethra into the bladder and multiply, resulting in an infection; many affected children, particularly infants, have severe symptoms Approximately 7 to 8% of girls and 2% of boys have a urinary tract infection during the first 8 years of life. B. (Reason to Listen) Antibiotic treatment of children with urinary tract infections has almost eliminated the risk of death, which was approximately 20% among children hospitalized for severe kidney infections in the early 20th century. Some 50 years ago, one study described scarring found in the functional tissue of the kidney in 210 of 597 children treated for recurrent urinary tract infections. Another study in that era reported on an 11-to-27-year follow-up of 72 children hospitalized for urinary tract infections; 18% had died, 8% had progressive kidney damage, and 22% had persistent untreated or recurrent infection. C. (Speaker Credibility) The North American Pediatric Renal Trials and Collaborative Studies21 list primary diagnoses for 9854 children who had received transplants over the previous 20 years. D. (Preview) 1. First, I will discuss what’s the long term consequences a UTI can have if left untreated. 2. Second, I will cover the cause of a UTI. 3. Third, I will talk about how prevention of a bladder infection.
II. Body A. (Significance) Newborn infants have a higher risk of kidney damage from a UTI, which can later result to kidney failure in severe cases and possibly death, if the bladder infection is left untreated. 1. Sub-point Approximately 60% of children with febrile urinary tract infections, if evaluated during or just after the infection, have visible photon defects in there kidneys and kidney scaring repeated scarring can lead to high blood pressure and reduced kidney function, including kidney failure. Infants and young children seem to be at higher risk for this since it’s hard to detect the infection in the first place because infants can tell us. 2. Sub-point another complication and widespread infection caused by UTI is called, sepsis Sepsis is an extreme immune system response to an infection that has spread throughout the blood and tissues. Severe sepsis, also called septic shock, often causes extremely low blood pressure, which limits blood flow to the body and can result in organ failure and death Infants and young children seem to be at higher risk for this complication. (Transition)While it’s very important to understand and have knowledge of the horrible truth of the long term consequences of UTI, it’s good to know what can cause the infection. B. (Inherency) most urinary tract infections (UTIs) in children are caused by bacteria that enter the urethra and travel up the urinary tract camera.gif. Bacteria that normally live in the large intestine and are present in stool (feces) are the most common cause of infection. 1. sub-point Bacteria buildup can occur by not properly wiping the bottom after a bowel movement then the Bacteria may get into the urethra and cause a UTI. 2. sub-point Constipation, not completely emptying the bladder. This can cause bacteria to build up in urine. Problems with the structure or function of the urinary tract commonly contribute to UTIs in infants and young children. (Transition) So we covered some causes of how the bacteria travels to the bladder, now let’s try to focus on the prevention. C. (Solvency) I just had a baby and it happened to me, my one week old baby had gotten a bladder infection due to my husband not knowing how to change our baby. Maybe if hospitals make it a standard protocol to have included how to properly change a baby’s diaper before the family gets discharge from the hospital after just giving birth would help to reduce a lot of the percentage of kidney damage due to severe UTI. 1. Reduce Inherency Parents should be taught to wipe from front to back — not back to front. Regular toileting habits and a non-constipating diet are the best ways to prevent constipation. 2. Reduce Significance Hospitals should make it a standard protocol procedure to show every parent the proper way to change their baby next to one of their regular protocols already for example when they grade the parents if they can properly secure their baby in a car seat and can’t get discharged from the hospital until they do it right. If the hospitals would make it as serious protocol as that of the car seat challenge, maybe this wouldn’t be the main cause no more. Also by catching early signs of potential infection accruing. The most common sign of a urinary tract infection in babies and toddlers is a fever. So if your child has a fever for five or more days, with no other symptoms, take her to the doctor and ask to have her checked for a UTI.
III. Conclusion A. (Review) 1. First, I discussed what happens when a bladder infection gets to a serious stage. 2. Second, I covered what are some examples into how your baby gets a UTI. 3. Third, I talked about a way that the hospitals and what you can do to help to prevent UTI’s. B. (Reason to Remember) UTIs affect about 3 percent of kids in the US each year. C. (Tie Back) so if they made a new law stating that every hospitals should make it a standard procedure to show parents how to change their baby’s diaper the proper way then UTI on children and infants would be a thing of the past.