What are the symptoms of kidney infection?
Dr Vijay Kher
Chairman,
Department of Nephrology and Kidney transplant Medicine,
Fortis Kidney and Urology Institute,
Fortis Escorts Hospital, New Delhi
Chairman,
Department of Nephrology and Kidney transplant Medicine,
Fortis Kidney and Urology Institute,
Fortis Escorts Hospital, New Delhi
Q: What are the symptoms of kidney infection? How one can detect infection in the kidney?
A:Kidney infection usually causes fever, chills & rigours, painful burning urination, frequency of urine & flank pains. Examination of urine and urine cultures suggest urine infection and infectionin kidney can be confirmed by ultrasound of kidneys, CT scan and nuclear MA scan of the kidneys.