Common Myth Busters

General child specialist covers whole body problems of a child so it is not possible to become expert of a particular organ of the body.

The presentation, evaluation and patterns of morbidity and mortality of renal diseases in childhood are uniquely different from adults.

Excluding few congenital abnormalities and kidneys stones, most of the kidney diseases affect both kidneys. So if not treated…

Although steroid is the mainstay treatment for many kidney diseases including nephrotic syndrome but it has numerous side…

Kidney size of a child is much bigger according to body weight in comparison to adult. So most of the portion of kidneys remain dormant…

It is always better to delay kidney transplant as much as possible as transplanted kidneys generally do not work for more than…