Question

Several clients in clinic today are reporting urinary signs/symptoms. Which reported manifestation(s) leads the health care provider to suspect acute pyelonephritis? Select all that apply.

Answer 1

Answer:

The healthcare professional may suspect acute pyelonephritis if patients experience pain while urinating and have signs of pus (pyuria) and blood (haematuria) in the urine, which becomes cloudy and has an unpleasant odor.

Explanation:

Acute pyelonephritis is a potentially serious infectious inflammatory disease caused by bacteria. It affects the renal parenchyma, where the urine-producing functional structures are located, and the dilated portion of the kidney (or pelvis), roughly shaped like a funnel, whose function is to facilitate the flow of urine through the ureters. so that it is stored in the bladder and then eliminated through the urethra.

The most characteristic symptoms are fever, chills, sweating, nausea, vomiting, malaise; low back and pelvic pain in the abdomen and back; urgency and pain (dysuria) to urinate, sign of pus (pyuria) and blood (hematuria) in the urine, which becomes cloudy and has an unpleasant odor.