Why is pyelonephritis dangerous?

Pyelonephritis is a kidney disease, and the kidneys are a very important organ, which is primarily responsible for filtering the blood and removing unnecessary, often toxic substances from it. Therefore, any disease that affects the kidneys is very dangerous for the whole body, since the elimination of toxins worsens, which can lead to poisoning of the whole body.

Pyelonephritis is a very dangerous type of kidney inflammation, which can occur as acute pyelonephritis, or can become chronic. Well, the biggest complication of pyelonephritis can be kidney failure.

The clinical picture of pyelonephritis symptoms can look very diverse, from a completely painless course to symptoms of infection of the whole body. As a rule, the dominant symptoms of pyelonephritis look like:

· pain in the lumbar region of varying severity;

· pulling and irritating sensations in the lumbar region.

Symptoms of pyelonephritis can appear on one side or both sides, and can even radiate to the groin. As a rule, symptoms of pyelonephritis are accompanied by fever and general malaise, and sometimes chills appear.

In addition, there are so-called indirect symptoms of pyelonephritis, these are:

· stomach ache;

· nausea and vomiting;

pain in the lower abdomen when urinating;

Frequent urge to urinate;

Painful sensations when urinating.

Often, the symptoms of pyelonephritis may not differ at all from the symptoms of inflammation of the lower urinary tract. At the first appearance of general symptoms of kidney inflammation, deterioration in health and the appearance of signs of inflammation of the urinary tract, you should immediately consult a doctor and start pyelonephritis treatment, such as doxycycline. To do this, you will have to do a series of tests and get recommendations from your doctor about what medications you should take for your kidneys.

A patient with suspected pelonephritis should have a general urinalysis and urine culture done before starting treatment, and if the patient's condition is poor, a blood culture should be done to ensure that the infection has not spread throughout the body. Only after all these tests can you begin treatment and take medications for your kidneys. Sometimes daily collection of tests is done, this is necessary in case of doubt about the diagnosis, when the fever does not go away and the patient feels worse despite antibiotic treatment, or when there is another episode of kidney inflammation or urinary tract inflammation that requires separate treatment.