Treatment For Pyelonephritis

Pyelonephritis is a common disease in the urinary system and it is more common among the female. In most cases, pyelonephritis is caused by bacteria in the renal pelvis.

It can be classified into acute and chronic pyelonephritis. Acute pyelonephritis can cause high fever, chill, frequent urination, urinary urgency, urinary pain, cloudy urine, back pain, etc. Timely and proper treatment can help cure acute pyelonephritis. As for chronic pyelonephritis, it is progressive and not easy to be cured. It usually progresses into renal failure. In the early stage, patients can have no symptoms at all. However, with the continuous illness progression, in the latter stage patients can develop high blood pressure, nausea, vomiting, poor appetite, headache, dizziness, frequent urination at night, fatigue, back pain, low fever, high creatinine and high blood urea nitrogen and other symptoms of kidney failure.

Treatment for pyelonephritis should aim at relieving symptoms and discomforts, prevent relapse and reduce damages and impairment to the renal parenchyma. Timely use of antibiotics can help control the infections and inflammation.

Chinese medicine is a good treatment for pyelonephritis. Many herbal medicines have anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties and they are effective at preventing and treating pyelonephritis and kidney inflammations. What is more, herbal medicines are natural and safe and can help strengthen kidney functions in the long run.

Besides proper treatment, patients should drink more water (more than 3000ml) so as to increase urine volume and this can help flush more wastes from the urinary tract and promote the excretion of bacteria, toxins and inflammations.

In the period of clinical remission, it is recommended that patients should have proper and regular exercises so as to help strengthen their physical fitness, improve their immunity and disease-resistance. When immune functions are improved, patients will be less susceptible to various infections and bacteria. The recurrent rate of pyelonephritis will also be lowered.