Renal tubular acidosis in children

Pediatric renal tubular acidosis refers to a disease in which a series of symptoms of renal tubular acidosis occur in children. Renal tubular acidosis (RTA) is also known as Lightwood syndrome, Albright type Ⅲ syndrome, Butier syndrome, congenital hyperchloric acidosis, renal calcium deposits, infant calcium deposits, Lightwood-Butier -Albright syndrome, etc., are caused by the excretion of hydrogen ions from the distal tubular epithelial cells and / or the reabsorption of HCO3- by the proximal tubular epithelium, causing hyperchlorine metabolic acidosis, potassium, sodium, calcium, etc. Electrolyte disorders are a group of clinical syndromes that are primarily characterized. Its clinical manifestations are characterized by hyperchloric metabolic acidosis with normal anion gap, renal calcification, and kidney stones. According to the cause can be divided into primary and secondary. The primary is mostly caused by a congenital genetic defect, and the secondary can be secondary to a variety of kidney diseases, collagen diseases, and drug-induced kidney damage.

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