pyelonephritis
- Noun:
- A medical condition involving inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis, typically caused by a bacterial infection: Pyelonephritis is a type of urinary tract infection that has reached and inflamed one or both kidneys and the renal pelvis (the funnel-shaped part where urine collects before entering the ureter).
- Noun:
- The patient was hospitalized with acute pyelonephritis.
- Recurrent pyelonephritis can lead to kidney scarring.
- Antibiotics are the primary treatment for bacterial pyelonephritis.
"Ascending pyelonephritis": This term specifies that the bacterial infection traveled up from the lower urinary tract (like the bladder) to reach the kidney.
- The most common route of infection for pyelonephritis is ascending from the bladder.
"Emphysematous pyelonephritis": A rare, severe, and life-threatening form of the condition where gas is produced within the kidney tissue.
- Diabetic patients are at higher risk for developing emphysematous pyelonephritis.
- Nephritis (n): A general term for inflammation of the kidney. Pyelonephritis is a specific type of nephritis.
- Pyelitis (n): Inflammation of the renal pelvis alone. Pyelonephritis involves both the pelvis and the kidney tissue.
- Kidney infection: A common, less technical synonym for pyelonephritis.
- Upper urinary tract infection (UTI): A clinical category that includes pyelonephritis, distinguishing it from a lower UTI like cystitis (bladder infection).
(Note: As a specific medical noun, "pyelonephritis" does not form standard phrasal verbs. Related phrases are clinical descriptions.) - "Complicated pyelonephritis": Refers to cases occurring in patients with underlying structural or functional abnormalities of the urinary tract, or with other complicating factors like diabetes or pregnancy. - "Uncomplicated pyelonephritis": Refers to cases occurring in otherwise healthy, non-pregnant women with a normal urinary tract.
(Note: There are no common idioms using this specific medical term.)
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inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis caused by bacterial infection
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