10. Reduced Urine Output: The Ebbing Stream of Wellness
One of the most overlooked indicators of health in a baby is their urine output. Parents often obsess over feeding schedules and nap times but pay less attention to how often the baby is wetting their diaper. With pyloric stenosis, the frequency of wet diapers sees a notable reduction, and it’s not something you want to brush off.
When a baby is not digesting food properly due to a blocked pyloric valve, it’s not just the big symptoms like vomiting or weight loss you should be concerned about. The devil is indeed in the details. Reduced urine output is a direct consequence of the body’s inability to absorb sufficient fluids, and this under-the-radar symptom can have far-reaching implications.
What are these implications, you may ask? Well, for starters, urine is a method of excretion for waste products. When urine output is low, these waste products can accumulate in the system. While a young baby’s kidneys are robust, they are not designed to deal with excessive waste accumulation, and this could introduce another set of problems altogether. (10)
