How is pyelonephritis treated

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My daughter-in-law suffered from pyelonephritis due to urinary tract infection during her pregnancy. Pregnant women are more likely to suffer from this disease. Due to the special situation, she was very cautious in the treatment at that time. Let's see how to treat pyelonephritis.

How is pyelonephritis treated

First of all, the purpose is to relieve symptoms, prevent recurrence and reduce the damage of renal parenchyma. Encourage patients to drink more water, urinate frequently and not hold their urine, so as to reduce medullary osmotic pressure, improve phagocytic function and flush out bacteria in bladder. In the case of fever, bed rest should be given priority to.

Secondly: the main bacteria causing urinary tract infection in acute pyelonephritis are Gram-negative bacteria, of which Escherichia coli is the main one. Patients with severe infection and septicemia should be given intravenous administration. Sensitive drugs were selected according to the results of urine bacterial culture.

Finally: acute chronic pyelonephritis should be treated as acute pyelonephritis, and repeated pyelonephritis should be treated reasonably according to the specific situation through urine bacterial culture to determine the bacterial type, make sure that the recurrence is recurrence or reinfection.

matters needing attention

Low salt diet, more water, easy to digest diet, to ensure the heat. Pay attention to the sanitation of external genitalia. Never have sex during menstruation. Women should keep their vulva dry and hygienic, and choose underwear with good air permeability.