What are the main symptoms of pyelonephritis

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I didn't know much about pyelonephritis before. I just knew it was a disease. But recently, I have learned more about it, because my uncle suffered from it. Let's talk about the main symptoms of pyelonephritis.

What are the main symptoms of pyelonephritis

First: pyelonephritis is a common disease of urinary tract infection. Inflammation of renal pelvis, calyces and parenchyma directly caused by pathogenic bacteria infection. Urinary tract infection includes upper urinary tract infection (pyelonephritis) and lower urinary tract infection (urethritis, cystitis), the latter can exist alone, and pyelonephritis is generally accompanied by lower urinary tract infection.

Second: pyelonephritis is divided into two types: acute pyelonephritis and chronic pyelonephritis. The former is mainly characterized by fever, frequent micturition, urgency of micturition, urination pain and low back pain. Routine urination examination can detect white blood cells (pus cells) and bacteria. The latter symptom is lighter generally, can come from acute pyelonephritis protracted; or although acute pyelonephritis gets control, but come through repeated attack evolution.

Third: the disease can occur in all ages, but the most common in women of childbearing age, the onset of sudden, the main symptoms are as follows, the general symptoms of high fever, chills, body temperature in 38 ~ 39 ℃, also up to 40 ℃. The heat type is different, it is usually flaccid type, can be intermittent or missed type. With headache, body ache, sweating when fever subsides, etc.

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The above is a simple summary of the main symptoms of pyelonephritis, because it is a relatively common disease, so we must learn more about some of the most basic knowledge, so that we will not be at a loss when we encounter this disease in the future.