Video - Kidney Infection Symptoms

Recognizing and diagnosing kidney infection symptoms can be critical, because a kidney infection can cause serious damage to the kidneys and even cause them to fail. When kidney failure occurs, there are only two possibilities for the patient's survival: kidney transplantation or a lifetime of kidney dialysis.

Two types of kidney infections can occur: pyelonephritis and glomerulonephritis. 

Pyelonephritis is most often caused by some type of bacterial infection, and frequently starts with a bladder infection. But it can also be caused by tumors, backed up urine, diabetes, kidney stones, or even pregnancy.

Glomerulonephritis may be acute. This kind happens most often as a result of a streptococcal infection in the respiratory system, but it may also follow a skin infection like impetigo. A strep infection is the most common cause.

Glomerulonephritis can also be chronic. This type damages the kidneys slowly progresses slowly. Typically, glomerulnephritis is characterized by inflammation of the glomeruli, which results in sclerosis, scarring and ultimately, kidney failure.

A patient with kidney failure has only two options for survival: a lifetime of kidney dialysis, or kidney transplantation.

Therefore, it's easy to understand why spotting symptoms of a kidney infection as early as possible is extremely important. In this video, a nurse spells out some of the signs.

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The Kidney Disease Solution