Alerts For Children's Signs Experiencing Acute Kidney Failures, Parents Are Asked To Pay Attention To This

Illustration of acute kidney failure in children. (Freepik/WangXiNa)

JAKARTA - The case of acute kidney failure that befell children in Indonesia is starting to disturb the public. The Ministry of Health also appealed to parents to be more vigilant if their children were sick.

Spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, Mohammad Syahril, advised parents to be aware of the frequency and amount of urinating in children.

According to him, acute kidney failure is marked by the frequency of urination and the amount. "Usually 12 times a day later a little bit, then usually there are not many now," he said in an online discussion "Mistery of failed ACUTE Systems" in Jakarta, Saturday.

Syahril explained, acute kidney failure starts from kidney disorders caused by kidney function as a center for body metabolism and secretes urine or urination as a remnant of metabolism, not going well.

If kidney disorders continue and even can't urinate, it could continue to acute kidney failure.

"This is what causes a lot of death, it's too late because once there has been kidney failure because it can't produce urine, metabolism is difficult because of kidney damage," he said.

The case of acute kidney failure, he said, is a natural case in children due to infection and bleeding. The Ministry of Health noted that kidney failure cases usually only amounted to 1-2 cases per month, but since the end of August there has been a significant increase with a 55 percent death rate.

The Ministry of Health's latest data shows that 133 died due to acute kidney failure and 69 children had recovered from kidney failure, including being assisted by dialysis. The significant increase in cases is strongly suspected to be due to the content of etylene glycol and dietilen glycol in child cirrop drugs that exceed the threshold.

"Of the 11 cases we examined, 7 were positive for ethilen glycol and dietilen glycol, which were indeed dangerous for consumption. Then handed over to BPOM and BPOM have issued 5 drugs containing this material," he said.

Although most cases of acute kidney failure in children are due to ethilen glycol and dietilen glycol, the Ministry of Health has not been able to conclude the cause of a significant increase in cases of acute kidney failure in children.

Until now, the Ministry of Health is still conducting further research to find other factors such as genetic factors and so on. In order to mitigate cases of acute kidney failure, the Ministry of Health continues to supervise all provinces in Indonesia, including by providing socialization and education to the entire community and health workers.