Acute Pyelonephritis or Infection of the Kidney
Acute pyelonephritis (APN) is a technical term for infection of the kidney. It is a part of the spectrum of urinary tract infection or UTI . UTI can occur anywhere from kidney, ureter, urinary bladder, prostate and urethra. Symptoms of APN The individual complains of pain abdomen, fever and chills. However there are many who do not suffer from all these symptoms and may only have some of them. Fatigue, generalized weakness and vomiting also are common. They may not have symptoms like burning urination or painful urination. APN usually is seen in middle aged and elderly people and less in young people. It is rarely seen in children. Causes APN is almost always caused by infections by common urinary infection causing bacteria like E. coli, Proteus, Enterobacter and Pseudomonas. Most of these infections are hematogenous which means the infection spreads through blood stream. Infection ascending from urinary bladder is less common. Patients with underlying diabetes are especially p...
