Abstract:
Mass screening for proteinuria and haematuria enhances the awareness of renal diseases and improves the
chances for an early diagnosis and therapy. Early diagnosis is the cornerstone for prevention of kidney
failure. Even if progression cannot be slowed, patients who have been diagnosed early have better survival
when commencing renal replacement therapy. To determine asymptomatic renal disease in children in
particular proteinuria, and hematuria in asymptomatic children. It is a community based study of
prevalence of asymptomatic proteinuria and haematuria in basic school children at Kosti City -White Nile
State -Sudan. The data was collected from 486 children. Male to female ratio was 1.1:1. Twenty one children
(4.3%) had one (+) protein, 9 children (1.9%) had two (+) of protein, and only one children (0.9%) found to
have three (+) of protienuria. One (+) RBCS in urine found in 24 children (4.9%), two (+) RBCS found in 14
children (2.9%) and 8 children (1.6%) were found to have three (+) of RBCS in their urine. The prevalence of
proteinuria and haematuria was significant. Urinary screening programmes in children must be a routine
especially in school age children.
