The Symptoms & Causes Of A Kidney Infection

Risk Factors Continued

Nerve damage around the bladder can also result in a kidney infection as nerve or spinal cord damage can block the sensations of a bladder infection, resulting in the patient being unaware when a kidney infection is further developing. A urinary catheter is a tube used to drain urine from the bladder, which can be placed during or after surgical procedures and diagnostic tests, and due to its invasive nature can cause a kidney or bladder infection. Also, a condition causing urine to flow the wrong way, such as vesicoureteral reflux, which is when small amounts of urine flow from the bladder back up into the ureters and kidneys, results in the patient being at a higher risk of contracting a kidney infection.

Next, discover the complications a kidney infection can lead to if treatment is prolonged or if left untreated.