Ectopic kidney itself does not cause any symptoms but children are more likely to have other problems, including:
Symptoms can include fever, vomiting, pain on passing urine, abdominal or back pain, needing to pass urine more frequently.
Urine travels back up the tubes from the bladder to the kidneys, in the opposite direction than it should do. This can cause similar symptoms to a urinary tract infection, bloody or cloudy urine.
Also known as nephrolithiasis, these are collections of crystals that join together in the urinary tract. This can cause sharp abdominal or back pain, nausea or vomiting, fevers, bloody or cloudy urine.
Reduced function
Some ectopic kidneys do not work as well as normal kidneys. In most people with ectopic kidney, the other kidney works normally. The normal kidney can work harder to make up for the ectopic kidney. On rare occasions, children have an ectopic kidney that is not working normally and an abnormality in the other kidney. This can lead to reduced kidney function and chronic kidney disease (CKD) and will need more monitoring.
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