A Common Cause of Chronic Renal Failure: Pyelonephritis

Pyelonephritis is an infection of one or both of kidneys. It is a common cause of Chronic Renal Failure. Hence, it is very important for patients to deal with Pyelonephritis properly and effectively.
Pyelonephritis, a bacterial infection is usually caused by a bacterium (Escherichia coli). The infection usually occurs when bacteria from the urethra and bladder travel up your ureter to kidneys. If not treated, the infection will damage the kidneys in the following ways:
1. Inflammation in kidneys.
If left untreated, the inflammatory response will attract more and more inflammatory factors to cause more severe damage to kidneys.
2. Retention of urine in bladder.
The pressure in kidneys will increase significantly, thus causing compression to kidney tissues. If the kidney tissues and cells can not get insufficient blood, oxygen and nutrients, they will loss function gradually and finally complete Renal Failure.
How to stop Pyelonephritis from progressing into Renal Failure?
Once the infection occurs, a proper treatment is quite necessary.
1. Patients are recommended to drink more water to produce more urine. In this way, a part of bacteria will be washed out of body by urine.
2. Patients are often prescribed antibiotics to control the infection. By this way, it can prevent the spreading of the infection effectively.
3. When the Pyelonephritis has resulted in overt kidney damage, the above treatments are not enough to control the disease. Patients need to seek for better ways to repair the malfunctioned kidneys and restore the kidney function.