Causes Of Acute Nephritis

Broken Abscesses

An individual develops an abscess in their kidney when an infection travels through their blood from a primary source in the body and colonizes in the perirenal space and the small filters of the kidney. The bacteria induce an inflammatory response by the patient's immune system, where an influx of white blood cells and other inflammatory substances are summoned to the site of the infection. These components coagulate in a capsular fashion and have the potential to develop into a fluid-filled or lobular abscess in the kidney. A kidney abscess can rupture as a result of internal or external trauma to the area, allowing the infective contents and bacterial byproducts to spill and come into direct contact with the surrounding kidney tissues. These substances damage the structure and functionality of the small filters in the kidneys, which can induce acute nephritis.

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