Nephropathy and Pyelonephritis differs in terms of causation, symptom and
prognosis.
Firstly, Nephropathy is the result of body immunoreactions to some pathogenic
factors, other than caused by direct virus infection and damage to the kidneys.
As to Nephropathy treatment, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial drugs prove to
be not very effective. Symptoms of Nephropathy(Kidney Disease Symptoms and Treatment) include foamy urine, hematuria,
swelling, waist ache. Foamy urine indicates the existence of protein in urine,
and the more foam there is, the more serious protein leakage will be. Hematuria
generally can not be detected by naked eye, and the detection of hematuria by
naked eyes indicates a very serious illness condition. Referring to Chronic
Nephropathy, the direct causation is not very clear and the early evolvement is
asymptomatic, so the detection of Chronic Nephropathy in the early stag is not
that easy. But some of its symptoms may sound the alarm. Edema in the eyelids
and lower limbs is the early warning of fluid retention in the body. As mention
above, foamy urine indicates the leakage of protein. Other exterior symptoms
include waist ache and fatigue. Nephropathy indicates that damages to kidney
exist, and they have brought about adverse effects to kidney function.
On the other hand, Pyelonephritis is caused by urinary tract infection. When
urethritis or cystitis occurs, virus can easily invade into the kidneys and give
rise to infectious disease. Acute Pyelonephritis is usually accompanied by
symptoms like chill, fever, waist pin and tapped pain in the kidney area, but
kidney examination index usually show no damages to kidney function. As to
treatment, the application of anti-inflammatory and antibacterial drugs is
effective. As long as eliminating these infections, a complete cure can be
guaranteed. However, if kidney examination index show that there is rough renal
cortical scar and caliectasis, the disease could have progressed into Chronic
Pyelonephritis. This could be resulted from inappropriate or untimely treatment
as well as frequent recurrences of acute Pyelonephritis.
When Pyelonephritis develops into Chronic Pyelonephritis, it can be more
difficult to control the illness condition and purse for a complete cure.