What are the biggest symptoms of pyelonephritis

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Recently, my aunt always feels loss of appetite, dizziness and fatigue, and sometimes has some fever. At first, she just thought it was caused by the hot weather, but after a few days of rest, she still didn't get better. After seeing the doctor, she learned that it was caused by pyelonephritis. Today, let me talk about the biggest symptom of pyelonephritis.

What are the biggest symptoms of pyelonephritis

First: pyelonephritis refers to the inflammation of the renal pelvis, which is mostly caused by bacterial infection, and is generally accompanied by lower urinary tract inflammation. It is not easy to strictly distinguish clinically. According to the clinical course and disease, pyelonephritis can be divided into acute and chronic phases. Chronic pyelonephritis is an important cause of chronic renal insufficiency. Most patients with non obstructive chronic pyelonephritis have no history of urinary tract infection or other kidney disease, and often suffer from the disease. The symptoms of azotemia can be the first symptom of the patients.

Second, clinical manifestations There are intermittent reactions, urinary tract irritation symptoms, generally mild, not as obvious as acute pyelonephritis, often accompanied by fatigue, loss of appetite, low back pain, can have low fever or no fever, late due to renal function damage and dizziness, headache, nausea, vomiting and other uremic symptoms, also can appear polyuria, nocturia, hypokalemia, hyponatremia or chronic renal tubular acidosis, some cases The patient's condition is insidious or atypical, which should be paid attention to.

Third: renal function test: there is usually renal tubular dysfunction (urine concentration function decline, phenol red excretion rate decrease, etc.), can have urine sodium, urine potassium excretion increase, metabolic acidosis; urine less blood potassium can increase, late glomerular dysfunction, blood urea nitrogen and creatinine increase, and lead to uremia. X-ray radiography: visible renal pelvis and calyces deformation, irregular shadow or even reduced.

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Therefore, in daily life, if you find that your body is not in good time, you should receive timely treatment, especially in hot weather, when discomfort will increase, you should pay more attention to it. Don't take it for granted how you feel. You should see a doctor in time, so as not to delay the disease and aggravate the deterioration of the disease.