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April 2nd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda MONDAY, April 2 (HealthDay News) — When parents say their
child’s urine smells bad, doctors should test for a urinary tract
infection, Canadian researchers report.
To examine the link between smelly urine and urinary tract infections
(UTIs), researchers from Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center at the
University of Montreal surveyed the parents of 331 children ranging in age
from 1 month to 3 years who were tested in the emergency room for a
suspected UTI.
The study revealed smelly urine was the risk factor most strongly
linked to UTI — 57 percent of the children who tested positive for a UTI
had smelly urine, while only 32 percent of children who tested negative
did.
Although stinky urine increases the likelihood that a child has a UTI,
the researchers admitted that this symptom alone isn’t enough to make a
diagnosis.
The findings were published online April 2 in the May 2012 issue of the
journal Pediatrics.
Pediatricians agreed that stinky urine may be one of the few signs that
a young child has a UTI.
“UTIs in children can present in several different ways depending on
the age of the child,” said Dr. Estevan Garcia, director of pediatric
emergency medicine at Maimonides Medical Center in New York City. “Young
children do not often complain of pain or burning when they urinate. UTIs
are especially difficult to diagnose in very young infants, where fever
may be the only symptom.”
Dr. Roya Samuels, a pediatrician at Cohen Children’s Medical Center in
New Hyde Park, N.Y., said: “Although associated with UTIs in this study,
malodorous urine may also be associated with an array of noninfectious
causes, including dehydration or the consumption of certain foods,
medications or vitamins.
“Clinical decision-making rules regarding UTIs in children do not
include taking into account parental reports regarding the smell of a
child’s urine,” Samuels added. “This study suggests that perhaps urine
odor be included in the diagnostic algorithm for UTIs in young children
with fever of unknown source.”
More information
The U.S. National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information
Clearinghouse provides more information on UTIs in children.
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