Urinary Tract Stones : Complications
Print
Email
SaveHealthline's Premium Tools
Symptom Search
Discover possible causes based on the symptoms you enter. It's fast, convenient and easy to use.
Discover possible causes based on the symptoms you enter. It's fast, convenient and easy to use.
Healthline Part D Plan Selector
Medicare's drug plans are subsidized by the US federal government and offered through insurers.
Advertisement
Marketplace
 |
Decrease or loss of function in the affected kidney; Kidney damage, scarring; Obstruction of the ureter (acute unilateral obstructive uropathy; Recurrence of stones; Urinary tract infection.
|
 |
Kidney stones are solid accumulations of material that form in the tubal system of the kidney. Kidney stones cause problems when they block the flow of urine through or out of the kidney. When the stones move along the ureter, they cause severe pa...
|
 |
Pyelonephritis is an infection of the kidney and the ducts that carry urine away from the kidney (ureters.
|
|
Pyelonephritis is an inflammation of the kidney and upper urinary tract that usually results from noncontagious bacterial infection of the bladder ( cystitis ). Acute pyelonephritis is most common in adult females but can affect people of either sex and any age.
|
 |
A urinary tract infection, or UTI, is an infection that can happen anywhere along the urinary tract. The urinary tract includes the: Bladder; Kidneys; Ureters - the tubes that take urine from each kidney to the bladder; Urethra - the tube that empties urine from the bladder to the outside.
|
Table of Contents
 |
 |
Home | About | Health Experts | Careers | Site Map | Feedback | Help | Health Tools | Tell a Friend
Advertise | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy
Advertise | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy
Copyright © 2005 - 2008 Healthline Networks, Inc. All rights reserved.