?Reflux with Hydrant?

  My 5 year old daughter has recently been diagnosed has having something called reflux with hydrant stage 3 with her kidneys, meaning that she has 2 tubes that leave her kidneys.  I was shipped to Korea before I was able to get any information on this. Is it serious?  Is it repairable, and if so how serious is the operation? Are there any long term effects?
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Dear Jack, It seems that your daughter is being investigated for vesicoureteric reflux (VUR).  Normally the urine from the bladder is not allowed to go back in to the kidney.  In some kids, this valvular mechanism is not fully developed.  This results in a retrograde flow of urine and bladder bacteria to the kidney.  VUR predisposes them to urinary tract infections, which, if untreated can result in kidney damage.
Reflux is most commonly diagnosed by the voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG). It seems it has already been performed in your daughter.  Most commonly employed treatment for VUR is long-term antibiotics, which can prevent infection in most cases while the child