Pyelonephritis (Kidney Infection)

How does pyelonephritis, a kidney infection, manifest itself? Is it possible to cope with the disease on your own and what threatens to delay treatment?

Pyelonephritis is an inflammatory bacterial kidney disease. It is much more common in women than in men, and it is not an accident, because the main route of infection is ascending, when bacteria move from the bottom to the top, from the urinary tract to the kidneys. Therefore, cystitis may appear first, and in the absence of proper treatment and care for the body, pyelonephritis may appear.

Downward progression of pyelonephritis is much less common, with germs passing into the kidneys along with the blood flow from other infection sites, such as sore throat. With substandard treatment, inflammation rapidly becomes chronic pyelonephritis and may result in frequent flare-ups of pyelonephritis.

Pyelonephritis female

Pyelonephritis is fairly common among women. Symptoms of acute illness begin and develop rapidly, sometimes taking only hours to develop, from the onset of illness to the onset of severe illness.

It also happens that the disease does not cause vivid symptoms, it proceeds secretly, but from this it does not become less dangerous - on the contrary, the lack of adequate treatment in this case risks a transition to a chronic form. Infection that is not eliminated in time by appropriate drugs is initially lurking for a while but will soon reappear.

Pyelonephritis in pregnancy

About 5 to 10% of pregnant women have pyelonephritis. It typically develops during the second half of life, when the uterus grows and increasingly presses on the kidneys and ureters. The pressure makes urine more difficult to drain, and stasis can cause bacteria to multiply and later pyelonephritis in pregnant women. Pathogenic bacteria can enter the kidneys from the bladder or through the bloodstream.

Timely diagnosed and well treated pyelonephritis will not cause serious consequences for mother and baby. But if the visit to the doctor is delayed, then complications may appear.

Women who have had cystitis in the past must be particularly careful about their health. When the first signs of pyelonephritis appear during pregnancy, you need a mandatory consultation with a doctor - self-medication during this period is unacceptable! Many drugs that are used to treat the disease in normal times are banned during pregnancy because of possible side effects for the baby. Therefore, carefully follow the advice of the doctor.

Pyelonephritis male

Pyelonephritis is predominantly female. However, it also occurs in men, especially in adulthood. Pyelonephritis is most often diagnosed in men with chronic prostatitis, adenoma of the prostate, or urolithiasis.

The main signs of the disease are:

• elevated temperature;
• body intoxication (nausea, vomiting);
• weakness, pain in the lower back;
• Frequent urination or frequent urination (including false urination)
• Therefore, with age, men should pay special attention to their health, especially if any problems on the part of the
• genitourinary system have already been. Even if nothing bothers, a urologist should be visited at least once a year.
• Because early or with other disorders, signs of pyelonephritis may not be obvious and may not be easily recognized
• without tests.

Pyelonephritis in Children

Pyelonephritis in children is common and occurs by itself as well as by congenital anomalies. It contributes to its development by the fact that children are not able to completely empty the bladder before age 5. In addition, baby urine has no antimicrobial components and cannot cope with killing harmful bacteria.

Frequent course of the disease is descending, when the infection is transmitted from another site (in angina, caries, scarlet fever). Newborns may develop pyelonephritis if they were infected with the organism from the mother during the pregnancy. Congenital reflux, in which urine moves from the bladder into the kidney or from the pelvis into other parts of the kidney, also contributes to disease.

A 2014 study by scientists pointed to urinary disorders in children as a characteristic symptom of secondary chronic pyelonephritis. These important findings should be taken into account in diagnosing the causes of urinary incontinence in children.

Treatment of pyelonephritis is always complex and is selected by a doctor - urologist or therapist individually, after tests.

Mode and Drink
Abundant drinking - 2-2.5 liters of liquid per day (water, cranberry and cowberry juice). The exception is when the pressure is high, then the liquid is limited.
Bed rest in the acute phase, without hypothermia and physical exertion.

1. Utility of urinary presepsin in the diagnosis of pyelonephritis: a cross-sectional study

2. Pyelonephritis in Dogs: Retrospective Study of 47 Histologically Diagnosed Cases (2005–2015)

3. Rat Pyelonephritis Model Suitable for Primary or Secondary Screening