Overview
A healthcare provider diagnoses a kidney infection by reviewing your symptoms and testing your pee for signs of infection (urinalysis). They may also test your blood and get images of your kidneys with a CT scan or renal ultrasound.
How can you tell if you have a kidney infection?
Only a healthcare provider can diagnose you with a kidney infection. If you have symptoms of a urinary tract infection with fever and pain in your side, you might have a kidney infection.
Symptoms
When to see a doctor
Complications
- High blood pressure.
- Diabetes.
- Heart failure.
- Some types of heart valve disease.
Prevention
- Control high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes.
- Don't smoke or use tobacco.
- Eat a diet that's low in salt and saturated fat.
- Exercise at least 30 minutes a day on most days of the week unless your health care team says not to.
- Get good sleep. Adults should aim for 7 to 9 hours daily.
- Maintain a healthy weight.
- Reduce and manage stress.
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