Abstract :
BACKGROUND:Infants andearly children are susceptible to urinary tract infections (UTIs), which affect 8 percent of girlsand 2 percent of boys by the age of seven, with a recurrence incidence of 10 percent to 30 percent. Parentshaveahugeproblem when it comes todealingwith infantile colic.OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency of urinary tract infections among patients presenting withinfantilecolic.MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study comprised 126 male and female infants with colic.PediatricsDepartment,KhyberTeachingHospital,Peshawar.Duration:August1,August1,2019,to January1, 2020.Twocleanmidstreamurinesamples(twohoursapart)weretakenfromeachbabytotestforUTIs.UTI was declared positive if the kid had a history of fever >99 f, dysuria, and more than 5 wbcsperHPFor >104CFU/HPF onurine culture.RESULTS:This study included children aged 6 weeks to 6 months, with a mean age of 3.1501.42 months, a meanweight of 4.9790.82 kg, and a mean height of 56.6503.08 cm. The vastmajority of the patients were men(69.8 percent ). Breastfeeding was practised by 61.1 percent, while bottle feeding was used by 38.9percent.8.7percentofpatientshadaurinarytractinfection.
CONCLUSION: It is concluded that infantile colic infants should under Guinee valuation in the first months of life
Keyword :
Infantile colic, urinary tract infection, frequency