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Urological disorders on the rise among kids
?Around 5 to 12 per cent children of developing countries are suffering from urological disorders and have stones in their kidneys and urinary bladder?, said Pakistani urologists here on Saturday.
“Around 5 to 12 per cent children of developing countries are suffering from urological disorders and have stones in their kidneys and urinary bladder”, said Pakistani urologists here on Saturday.
Talking to Hindustan Times here, Director of Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) Dr. Syed Adibul Hassan Rizvi and a faculty member of SIUT, Prof. SA Anwar Naqvi said, “Out of the total pediatric patients in developing countries, about 50 per cent are suffering from urological disorders”.
Both the Pakistani urologists are here to participate in the ongoing 39th annual conference of Urological Society of India in Banaras Hindu University (BHU). The two Pakistani doctors Dr. Naqvi and Dr. Rizvi hailed from Patna and Jaunpur in India respectively but have settled in Pakistan.
They said that the number of urological disorders among the kids showed an increasing trend in the developing countries whereas in the developed countries, the percentage of pediatric patients having stones in kidney and urinary bladder was about 1 to 2 per cent only.
“Northern parts of Pakistan, including Punjab and Sindh, is the worst affected with such diseases”, they added.
The two Pakistani doctors said that the causes of such diseases were lack of water consumption, imbalance in diet and reluctant approach of the family members to take their children for regular medical check-ups.
“Besides, vegetables containing oxalate are also one of the reasons behind the increasing numbers of such pediatric patients”, they added.
The Pakistani urologists were of the view that craze for fast foods was simultaneously increasing among kids in Pakistan and India which was also one of the reasons behind the urological disorder because fast food constituted an unbalanced diet.
“It is the need of hour to emphasis on health education during schooling of children “, they said.
Dr. Naqvi informed that a joint cooperation programme between India and Pakistan was underway for advancement in urology.
“Under this programme, the urologists of the both countries will interact each other”, he said and added that students could also get training through the experts in both the countries.
He hoped that this cooperation programme would come into effect in March and prove beneficial for the people of both the countries.
He further informed that an informal meeting with the pediatric urologists of the India was held here on Friday and a formal meeting would be held in Mumbai soon.
