Is pyelonephritis serious?

The causes of many clinical diseases are very complex, and the diseases cause great harm to the human body. When treating them, it is also necessary to consider the cause and type of the disease and pay attention to symptomatic treatment. Pyelonephritis is also a common clinical disease. Many factors may lead to the onset of pyelonephritis, among which infection by pathogenic bacteria is also the main cause. Acute and chronic diseases have different symptoms due to their different types, so different types of treatment should be considered during treatment. Pyelonephritis is relatively serious. It not only affects people's lives and bodies, but also induces many complications. Therefore, attention should be paid to treatment and control.

1. More serious

In the medical field, pyelonephritis is a relatively serious infection of the upper urinary tract. If not treated in time, it can easily cause perinephric abscess, pelvic and calyx transformation and sepsis. However, acute pyelonephritis is relatively easy to treat, and if cured, there will be no sequelae. However, chronic pyelonephritis is prone to recurring, which can easily cause what we often call renal failure. We often see that women are more prone to urinary system diseases than men, but once men develop urinary system diseases, there is almost no need to consider other problems.

2. Hazards

Patients may develop sepsis, mainly because the disease develops rapidly in the early stages, and they often have chills and high fever, and in severe cases may even suffer from shock. At this time, patients should receive timely treatment. The harm of acute pyelonephritis is that patients will also develop abscesses on all sides of the kidney. The causative bacteria are mostly Gram-negative bacilli, with Escherichia coli being the most common. Patients often have obvious unilateral low back pain and tenderness, and the pain will be aggravated when the patient bends over to the healthy side.

3. Note

Patients will experience femoral head necrosis, which is a serious complication that often occurs in patients with diabetes and urinary tract obstruction. In severe cases, patients may also suffer from acute renal failure. Another possibility is that the patient will develop infectious stones. This is mainly because the urease contained in Proteus can decompose the urea in the patient's urine, making the urea alkaline. The solubility of phosphate in alkaline urine will be significantly reduced, and precipitation will easily occur at this time, forming magnesium ammonium phosphate and apatite stones.