Pyelonephritis Kidney Disease for PC

Acute pyelonephritis is a bacterial infection causing inflammation of the kidneys. Pyelonephritis occurs as a complication of an ascending urinary tract infection that spreads from the bladder to the kidneys. Symptoms usually include fever, flank pain, nausea, vomiting, burning with urination, increased frequency, and urgency. This activity outlines the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management of acute pyelonephritis and highlights the role of the interprofessional team in caring for patients with the condition.

Kidney infections are a type of urinary tract infection that usually moves from your bladder to your kidneys. Bacteria are the most common cause. Symptoms include fever, trouble peeing, lower back pain and pain when you pee. Kidney infections are treated with antibiotics. Pyelonephritis is an infection of the renal parenchyma, more common in women than in men.

Pyelonephritis is potentially severe, especially in pregnant women, neonates and infants, management depends on the presence of signs of severity or complications or risk of complications. If left untreated, a kidney infection can lead to potentially serious complications, such a chronic kidney disease or kidney failure, kidney stones, enlarged prostate and uterine prolapse.

A kidney infection (Pyelonephritis) is a type of urinary tract infection (UTI). But when people say “UTI,” they often mean a lower urinary tract infection, or infection of their bladder or urethra. A lower UTI and a kidney infection can have similar symptoms, but a kidney infection is more likely to suddenly make you feel sick, give you a fever or cause pain in your lower back or side.


Our Kidney Disease app includes :

What is a kidney infection?
kidney infection symptoms
Pyelonephritis Causes
Pyelonephritis Kidney diagnostic
Treatments for Kidney Infections
Prevention
Complications of a Kidney Infection
Reducing the risk of Pyelonephritis
Pyelonephritis home remedies