A four-month-old baby’s low urine output at night may or may not be normal (acute gastroenteritis, kidney disease), and it is recommended to judge the situation on a case-by-case basis.
1. Normal: At night when sleeping, the four-month-old baby eats less milk and the room temperature is higher. The baby sweats more, resulting in a decrease in body fluids and a corresponding decrease in the amount of urine produced, which is generally a normal physiological phenomenon.
2. abnormal phenomenon:
(1) acute gastroenteritis: when the child is caused by acute enteritis due to improper feeding and other reasons, vomiting, diarrhea and other symptoms can occur. If the body fluids are not replenished in time, thus the production of urine can be reduced, and then the phenomenon of low urine output.
(2) Kidney disease: such as acute glomerulonephritis, may lead to the baby’s kidney function is impaired, filtration of urine is reduced, the formation of water and sodium retention, which may lead to a decrease in the amount of urine, may also be accompanied by swelling of the lower limbs, eyelid swelling and other symptoms.
Four-month-old babies with low urine output at night may also have other causes, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, and then give targeted treatment or treatment under the guidance of the doctor.