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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

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.