Left hydronephrosis

Hydronephrosis is also a relatively serious kidney disease, because when hydronephrosis develops to a serious level, it will directly damage other kidney tissues, thereby causing more serious kidney disease. The renal pelvis is an important channel connecting the kidney to the urethra. Therefore, when there is a problem with the urethra, it is easy to cause hydronephrosis. How to solve the problem of left renal pelvis hydrops in human body?

Is left hydronephrosis pyelonephritis?

Experts pointed out that hydronephrosis of the left kidney is not pyelonephritis. Although the two diseases are somewhat related, left hydronephrosis is not pyelonephritis. Patients must not confuse the two diseases to avoid incorrect treatment, which may cause irreparable harm to the patients.

The human body has two kidneys, and the kidney on the patient's left is simply called the left kidney. As the name suggests, left hydronephrosis means that water accumulates in the left kidney of the patient's body. Hydronephrosis is generally caused by stone obstruction or other congenital diseases. Generally, hydronephrosis is divided into three types: mild hydronephrosis, moderate hydronephrosis and severe hydronephrosis. Severe hydronephrosis may turn into uremia if not treated for a long time. Therefore, patients should pay special attention. If there is hydronephrosis, the key is to go to a regular hospital for standardized treatment in time. The patient said above that he had stones and water accumulation. The water accumulation is most likely caused by stone obstruction. During treatment, the stones should be found first, and then removed, so that the water accumulation will slowly be discharged.

Pyelonephritis refers to inflammation of the renal pelvis, which is mostly caused by bacterial infection. Pyelonephritis is also called upper urinary tract infection, which is usually accompanied by lower urinary tract inflammation and is difficult to strictly distinguish clinically. According to the clinical course and disease, pyelonephritis can be divided into two stages: acute and chronic. Chronic pyelonephritis is an important cause of chronic renal failure. Acute pyelonephritis mostly occurs in women of childbearing age. Patients often have systemic symptoms such as low back pain, tenderness and percussion pain in the kidney area, chills, fever, headache, nausea and vomiting, as well as bladder irritation signs such as frequent urination, urgency and pain when urinating. Blood tests may show an increase in white blood cells. There is generally no hypertension or azotemia. The patient's urine is turbid and may have gross hematuria. Urinalysis shows a large number of white blood cells or pus cells, a small number of red blood cells and casts, and a small to moderate amount of protein.

After reading the above content, I believe everyone can understand that left hydronephrosis and pyelonephritis are two different diseases. Warm reminder: when facing hydronephrosis of the left kidney, patients must not treat it as pyelonephritis. Inappropriate treatment methods will not only fail to cure left hydronephrosis, but will also stimulate the patient's condition and make it more serious.