Pyelonephritis is the most commonkidney disease. The most affected are children over the age of seven and women between 18 and 30 years old. The causative agent of the disease is an infection that affects the parenchyma of the kidney and the bowl-and-pelvis system. Treatment of pyelonephritis should be carried out under the strict supervision of a physician.
The main signs of this ailment areVarious intensity pain in the lumbar region from the side of the affected kidney. They can be either very strong or insignificant. Quite often in children with this disease, the stomach hurts, but not the lower back. Body temperature rises to 38 degrees, chills, lack of appetite, weakness, vomiting or nausea. As a rule, paroxysmal pains are noisy. The above mentioned signs are also characteristic for many other diseases, therefore at the first symptoms it is necessary to consult a doctor who after the diagnostic measures will prescribe the treatment of pyelonephritis. The chronic form of the disease develops gradually, beginning with childhood. As a rule, a person does not bother, but there is a certain weakness, frequent fatigue. Over time, the patient has a slight chills, a disorder of urination, puffiness of the eyelids (especially in the morning), low back pain, high blood pressure. If treatment of pyelonephritis does not start in time, complications may develop. The most dangerous of them is sepsis, causing a lethal outcome.
Renal pyelonephritis: treatment
To get rid of the disease is appointed not onlyantibiotic therapy, but also measures that eliminate the very cause of the disease. Since the causative agent of pyelonephritis is infection, the main role in the treatment of pathology belongs to antibiotics. Their choice depends on the type of pathogenic microorganism and the patient's sensitivity to the components of the drug. As with this disease in the tissues of the body there is an inflammatory process, the treatment of pyelonephritis should include medicines that can eliminate it. This group of drugs also has an analgesic and antipyretic effect. When the chronic form of the disease often there is exacerbation of pyelonephritis. Treatment in this case should include planned therapy, preventing relapses. Often, the patient is observed violations of the outflow of urine. This can be caused by other diseases that occur against the background of pyelonephritis (adenoma, kidney stones and others). In such a case, the treatment should be aimed at restoring the urine flow, and this is possible only through surgical intervention.
Pregnancy and pyelonephritis
This dangerous disease is quite commonaggravated in women precisely during the period of gestation. The thing is that the load on the kidneys during pregnancy increases several times. Exacerbation of the disease can cause a number of complications, including renal failure. Therefore, it is very important to take care of pyelonephritis before pregnancy.
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