What is pyelonephritis?

Pyelonephritis is an infection of the kidney and the ureters, the ducts that carry urine away from the kidney.

How do members experience pyelonephritis?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with pyelonephritis*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for pyelonephritis*

Who has pyelonephritis on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 9
30s 25
40s 23
50s 34
60s 19
70+ 13

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 15
Female 106

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What is pyelonephritis?

Pyelonephritis is an infection of the kidney and the ureters, the ducts that carry urine away from the kidney.



Common symptoms reported by people with pyelonephritis

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for pyelonephritis

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Compare treatments taken by people with pyelonephritis

Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have pyelonephritis through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.

Got a question about living with pyelonephritis? Members in the forum might have the answers.



Who has pyelonephritis on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 1 new patients joined this month
  • 29 say pyelonephritis is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 9
30s 25
40s 23
50s 34
60s 19
70+ 13

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 15
Female 106

These charts show data from pyelonephritis patients who have completed their condition history
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