
Understanding the Disparity: Why Urinary Tract Infections Are Common While Kidney Infections Remain Rare
UTIs are common infections affecting millions, primarily among women. In addition to being painful and troublesome, they rarely result in the higher complications of pyelonephritis, an infection of the kidneys. Recent medical perspectives have thrown some light on the mechanisms that normally confine UTIs to the lower urinary tract, preventing their escalation into kidney infections….