Can soap cause kidney disease in children?Recently, there appeared such news
on the internet, which shocked many parents. Soaps can cause children kidney
disease, a university warned that soaps containing mercury, which can c
ause Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in children. Prof Timothy Adedoyin of the
Paediatrics and Child Health Department, College of Health Sciences, University
of Ilorin disclosed this yesterday while delivering the 109th Inaugural Lecture
of the university.According to Adedoyin during the lecture moderated by the Vice
Chancellor of the University, Prof Ishiaq Oloyede, “the use of soap containing
mercury in children is a modifiable risk factor in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
. The soap, like bleaching cream, has mercury which is injurious to the
kidney.”He added: “There is no uniform distribution of mercury and since it has
poor lipid solubility, it accumulates mostly in the kidneys with insufficient
renal excretion resulting in renal damage.”
What shall parents pay attention to? When parents are choosing a soap in a
supermarket, we should read the instructions carefully to check whether there is
elements we mentioned above.
Actually, soap is only one element which can cause chronic kidney disease.
There are many other kinds of factors which can cause children kidney disease
such as gene, immune problem, infection and so on.
