Kidney Stones Blood Infection. Stones don t always stay in the kidney. Ureters are small and delicate and the stones may be too large to pass smoothly down the ureter to the.
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If a stone is suspected imaging will be performed to confirm the diagnosis. A risk with kidney stones is a kidney infection which can lead to sepsis. Visible blood in the urine gross hematuria.
A buildup of toxins and urine in the kidneys induces urinary tract infections which impair normal functions of the kidneys and may even cause death.
Sometimes they pass from the kidney into the ureters. Most of the time a kidney infection is caused by a bladder infection that has spread upwards. Sepsis kills and disables millions and requires early suspicion and rapid treatment for survival. Kidney stones may block the tube that drains the bladder called the urethra and cause cystitis or inflammation and irritation of the bladder.
