[Guide for the prevention of renal diseases during and after childhood]

Kidney disease Prevention in childhood can be made from three levels. In the first level or Primary Prevention one must prevent kidney disease taking steps for "Kidney Health" promotion: environmental factors, nourishing, sanitary education and preventive pediatrics. Secondary Prevention lies in the correct diagnostic during first years in life and in a suitable treatment of the kidney diseases, especially in children to have a kidney failure risk: obstructive uropathy and vesicoureteral reflux. Tertiary Prevention deals with aggravating factors in an established Kidney chronic failure, and its prevention includes: normoproteic diet, phosphorus restriction, arterial hypertension control and nutritional and pharmacological steps to reduce the hyperlipidemia.