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- Lobar nephronia is an acute localized non –liquefactive infection of the kidney caused by bacterial infectio.
- It is considered a midpoint in the spectrum of upper urinary tract infection (UTI) between acute pyelonephritis(APN) and intrarenal abscess.
- Longer duration of antibiotics are generally required in patients with acute lobar nephronia in comparison to acute pyelonephritis.
Diagnosis
- Ultrasound
- CT scan
- Kidney Functioning Test
Symptoms
- Nausea
- Headache
- Vomiting
- Fever
- Abdominal Pain
- Flank Pain
- Tenderness and percussion pain of the costoverbral angles
- Loss of appetite
- Fatigue and weakness
- Sleep problems
- Changes in how much a person urinates
- Confusion
- Muscle twitches and cramps
- Swelling of feet and ankles
- Persistent itching
- Chest pain, if fluid builds up around the lining of the heart
- Shortness of breath, if fluid builds up in the lungs
- High blood pressure (hypertension) that’s difficult to control
Causes
- Type 1 or type 2 diabetes
- High blood pressure
- Low blood flow to the kidneys
- Inflammation
- sudden high blood pressure
- Blockages, sometimes due to kidney stones
- Elevated blood sugar
- High blood pressure
- Kidney infections
- Polycystic kidney disease
- Heart disease
- Glomerulonephritis, an inflammation of the kidney’s filtering units (glomeruli)
- Interstitial nephritis, an inflammation of the kidney’s tubules and surrounding structures